Welcome

"Welcome"
6" x 12"
Watercolor on Yupo

The wide, red pathway maundered between an opening in a fence… not quite a gate, but welcoming, nonetheless. Come see what's beyond, it beckoned.  

I shall, once I get there to see it with my own eyes. This is from a photo I found. I'm trying to match colors to see if I'm taking the right palette with me. Space is limited! I will be responsible to carry everything myself… no man will be with me to help. Alas, I'll manage. Giggle.

Carol

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Hollyhock Path

"Hollyhock Path"
10" x 8"
Acrylic on canvas panel 

One of the gardens in Baileys Harbor had a stand of hollyhocks at the top of some limestone steps. There were purple and pink flowers lining the stairs and geraniums in the shade. 

I'll paint this one again. I've learned a lot by doing it once.

Carol

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Path to the Fence

"Path to the Fence"
5" x 7"
Pastel on gessoed canvas panel

The landscape was a simple one, it was the textures that intrigued me. There were only a few elements, but they were gnarly and nubby and easily represented on this surface.  

I used the clear gesso on a previously painted and sanded down acrylic painting. The rep at the art supply store told me it would be possible, so I tried it. The underlying texture made for interesting new textures for the pastel painting.  I'm liking this medium more as I test its limits.

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Wandering

"Wandering"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas

The path I traversed in yesterday's painting opened into one more lovely field, which I followed to my friend's front door. Oh, to live in a place where serenity looks like ... this.  

I spent day one of a three-day workshop at the Mainstreet Art Center in Lake Zurich, Illinois today with New Mexico artist, Laura Robb. Her passionately deliberate method of applying color notes to a canvas is something I've been wanting to witness for years. I'm delighted to say she's as lovely and exquisite as the art she creates. 

Carol 

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Path to Dehlias's"

"Path to Dehlia's" 
8" x 10" 
Acrylic on canvas panel 

I had walked it so many times it didn't even occur to me to wonder why the path zigged and zagged through the meadow on the way to Dehlia's, until Lindy brought it up. I looked behind us and ahead again, then shrugged it off as one of those questions to which I would have to invent an answer. 

After painting Peg's Front Garden I was inspired to try another quick landscape using acrylic and my imagination. Purely a fantasy, this one.

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Garden Pond

"Garden Pond"
24" x 18"
Acrylic on canvas

At dusk when night sounds begin to tune for their evening performance, and shadows cast an inky veil over the garden's brightest petals, pond ripples stretch to kiss the distant shore a loving good night. 

Another from the archives, a sold piece, but thank you for visiting today.  

Carol

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