Cymbidium Night

"Cymbidium Night"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel

While Cymbidium planned to shed tears that night, she didn't expect them to leave purple stains on her pouty little lips. 

Thank you for being here with me tonight.

Carol

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Cymbidium Kiss

"Cymbidium Kiss"
10" x 8"
Oil on canvas panel

She had the sweetest mouth... if you like fuzzy tonsils, spotted lips and a dappled throat.  Her arms spread wide... all five of them, to welcome me into her embrace...  thankfully she wasn't wearing perfume! 


The cymbidium orchid wears no scent.  She just looks like she could—would—should.

This is my first in a quick series of orchid paintings.  I photographed a white cymbidium orchid in many different light levels a couple of years ago. I found the images of her tucked in with 26,000 of my other reference photos.

Thanks for stopping by for a kiss.
Carol

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If I Had a Muse

"If I Had a Muse"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

If I had a Muse, he'd check in on me every morning, to see if I needed inspiration. He'd arrive with coffee, dressed in beads, chains and dangly things. He'd bestow kindness upon me, read poetry and make me laugh. And when my pump was primed he'd steal away to allow me to create in peace.  Then he'd pop back in at the end of the day to say nice things about my art.   

Sounds like a fantasy doesn't it, but that's what I'd like. Do you think my Muse would agree to the beads and dangly things?

Thank you for peeking in to see what I'm up to.
Carol

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Continental Divide

"Continental Divide"
6" x 6"
Oil on flat canvas

The Continental Divide slumbered behind the trees along this creek that I passed several times a day near the resort where I stayed in Winter Park.


This is a thirty minute painting. According to Robert Genn of The Painter's Keys, it's good to do them with some regularity... "to focus and pay attention, if only for a short time. It's been identified as a primary key to the development of human effectiveness."

Trying to focus here...
Carol

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Coral Rose

"Coral Rose"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

"That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." So saith Romeo to Juliette. But what if it were a chocolate rose? Would it smell as sweet—or sweeter? 

I spent most of the day trying to combine two of my favorite subjects—a rose and chocolate.  Alas, I failed miserably. I wiped off the chalky abomination and made this one instead. Thorns and all! 

I shall try again! 

Carol 

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Bittersweet

"Bittersweet"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas 

Have you ever longed for something so thoroughly, dreamed about it, wished and hoped for it to be exactly what you wanted, counted the days, the hours, the minutes ... only to find out that it was not what you thought it would be?  It's Lent.  When I finally get what I've longed for, it almost never lands spot on the target.   


I'm going to paint chocolate for a few days.  I'm going to combine it with another favorite item, suggested by a friend. Let's see how THIS experiment goes!

Thank you for looking in on me today.
Carol

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Sunshine

"Sunshine"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard 

The storm passed, a lingering haze came to clarity and sunshine broke through to light and lighten the gloom.  Spring runs cold and hot, warm and cool—so fickle, yet I love spring. 

This completes my jonquil series.

Carol

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