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Daffodil Season

11 x 14"   Oil on Canvas

Daily Paintworks 

 $150

The nice thing about February is that the spring flowers begin to bloom. First the paper whites and the daffodils, then hyacinths and tulips. On the west coast, when winter usually means grey days, the bright and sunny yellow of the daffodils are like little heralds, proclaiming the coming of spring. 

Painted on all sides of the canvas, this picture can be framed or hung up just as it is - I am happy to put a wire on the back.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at The Daily Paintworks. Thanks for looking!

Peonies

11” x 14”  oil

Daily Paintworks 

 nfs

When the peonies bloom you have to just stop everything and paint them. They aren’t going to wait, so you have to get to work, and try and get it right the first time. If you're lucky, you capture what beautiful and special flowers they are.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas, so it can be framed, or hung up just as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks, or visit my Facebook page! Thanks for looking.

Spring Flowers

6" x 12" x 1.5"

oil on wrap-around canvas

sold

Finally, it's here! Even though spring doesn't officially begin for another week, the bulbs are all blooming. I don't know which makes me happier - how pretty they are, their wonderful scent, or the promise of summer! 

This little piece is painted on all sides. It comes out from he wall 1.5 inches and needs no framing; it is ready to hang.

To see more of my work please visit my gallery page at The Daily Paintworks, visit my page at the Artists de Studio website, or find me on Facebook!  Thanks for looking!

Just Plain Peonies

Just Plain Peonies

11" x 14"  oil on canvas
 $75

These peonies, blooming in my garden were so spectacular that they just didn't need any thing else around them! Well, I used a lot of thick paint to set them off and convey how lush they are!

Like many of my paintings, this piece is painted on all sides of the canvas. It can be framed, or it can be hung just as it is.

To see more of my work, please visit my Gallery page at the Daily Paintworks, or visit me at Artistes de Studio, a website devoted to studio work. Lots of nice art there! Thanks for looking!

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Vanitas

oil on wrap-around canvas
The Daily Paintworks

24" x 24"

sold

A few of my pictures are hanging at Hope Street Music Studios in Mountain View, through July.  Among them are some landscapes, garden paintings and this piece, called "Vanitas."  Traditionally, vanitas is a type of painting style with a "message" that expresses the transient nature of life, a way to remind us that our time here is short.  Usually they are still lifes, and often depict skulls, candles burning low, and things like that. 

And that's what this still life is - a reminder that life is transitory in nature, and to appreciate the here and now. This painting suggests that flowers, fruit, or the beauty of a summer's day won't last long, and like all of us, must be valued. It also has bigger suggestions in mind - that what's inside the frame may not be the best of what you see, that some of the most beautiful things (like those flowers) happen outside the frame (read: in real life). The frame itself, painted on in the trompe l'oeil manner - literally meaning to trick the eye - is a reminder that things are not always what they seem. The painting itself is an invitation to look below the surface and see the deeper meaning of things.

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