If it were not for the mosquitos and the chiggers I might not ever come inside. To be surrounded by The setting sun, and chest high flowers is a wonderful thing to experience.
Photo by Dickie Hill
Let’s Take This Side Road
8″ x 10″ pastel on sanded paper
“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” -Erol Oman
We are driving across West Texas today. The wildflowers have been delightful! I love all to imagine what is down all those side roads. And to further imagine what would, or could happen when we get off the beaten path whether it be the highway, or just the course we are heading.
My lap studio.
Listening to Spring
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen.” -Anne Lamott
My impression of Evening Primrose
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
There is beauty all around us, often mixed up in things that are not very beautiful. I paint exactly how the flowers feel, without the power lines, or houses, or cars. As I enjoy this year’s wildflowers I remember this quote from Monet:
“Try to forget what objects you have before you – a tree, a house, a field, or whatever. Merely think, ‘Here is a little square of blue, here an oblong of pink, here a streak of yellow,’ and paint it just as it looks to you, the exact color and shape, until it gives you your own impression of the scene before you.” -Claude Monet
Appreciate the beauty, ignore, or deemphasize the rest: That might be good advice to apply beyond landscape paintings.
Corner of Nature
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.” -Claude Monet
Happy Field
10″x8″ pastel on sanded paper
“Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.” -Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Howdy Blue
14″x11″ pastel on sanded paper
“It’s not only the state flower but also a kind of floral trademark almost as well known to outsiders as cowboy boots and the Stetson hat. The bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland.” Wrote historian Jack Maguire
The season is short, I plan to make the most of it.
Single Child
I have never wished that I was a single child, but I know some single mothers with one child who have really special relationships. I love how this little bud is peeking around.
Three buds
Red, Red Rose
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