I worked from a photograph I took last year to make this painting, Waterlilies in the Marsh. The leaves of the waterlilies ranged in colours through green, yellow, burnt sienna, and purple. I wanted to depict the fact that you … Continue reading
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I’ve painted a Yellow Trout-lily Flower (Erythronium americanum) a few times now. We have many established colonies around here and I’m always happy to see them. They are such a beautiful, ephemeral spring flower. The brown-mottled leaves are what inspired … Continue reading
I found ways of rendering white in paintings of these poppies and swans. Painting scenes with white in them means looking for reflected colour… sky, lake, grass. These Trumpeter Swans flying by in the late autumn afternoon appear more blue … Continue reading