The Cover Crop

9” x 12”  acrylic on canvas

NFS

I painted this for The Virtual Paintout, which is in Napa Valley, California, this month. Using the Google Street View, we create artworks as if we were there. Although everyone thinks of grapevines and wine when they think of Napa Valley, there is a second crop - a cover crop -which is also important, mustard.

When the grape harvest is in and winter is almost finished, the mustard is in full bloom. Mustard flowers carpet the area between the vines, their yellow hue stretching as far as the eye can see. Not only beautiful, the mustard plant is beneficial as well. It helps to prevent erosion, adds nitrogen to the soil and prevents the soil from compacting as workers move about the fields. And of course, the mustard seed itself is used in making mustard, another product of the region. Tourists come from all around for the Mustard Festival.

This piece is painted on all sides of the canvas. It can be framed, but you could hang it up just as it is.

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

Shade Loving Flowers

8” x 10”  oil on canvas

The Daily Paintworks      $ 65

Some flowers are meant for shady areas - begonias and impatiens come to mind. Lobelias like it both ways, happy in the sun or out of it. This little painting is a folly, part real life, part imagination - painted just for fun. I hope you enjoy it, too.

The painting covers all sides of the canvas. It can be framed, but you could hang it up just as it is, and it would also look very nice.

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

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Rose Parade

16” x 20”  oil on canvas

The Daily Paintworks  $ 400

When I went out to the yard to collect some flowers for a still life, this is what I found - red roses in abundance. The irises had finished their show, the peonies not yet begun. But there were roses, a parade of them, mostly in red, each more magnificent than the last! 


This piece is painted on gallery wrapped canvas (1.5”); the picture continues on all sides. It hangs flush against the wall and does not need framing. 

And here's a close up of some of the different roses...

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