It Feels Like—Home

"It Feels Like-Home"
12" x 12"
Oil on wrapped canvas

I've been thinking about water lilies, but my thoughts have migrated to the under-side of the pad. What goes on under there? Is there a small universe, a microcosm to which we dry folks are not privy?  Does it feel like—home to creatures we never see? 


I've wanted to paint from this photo for a while, but hadn't chosen a blue or a palette of greens.  Prussian, Viridian and cadmium yellows did the trick. Oh, and I sponged on the blue.

Thanks for visiting today.
Carol

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Last Rose

"Morning Rose"
6" x 6"
Oil on hardboard

The humidity was dense, everything was wilting in the heat during Indian Summer that year. She was one of the last ones on the bush, a survivor, and obviously the last rose of summer. 

This was another fifteen minute painting done for the pure joy of putting paint on a square of hardboard. Sometimes I like to fly through a piece, other times I like to paint meticulously.

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Carol

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There Are No Minor Miracles

"There Are No Minor Miracles"

detail of original

8" x 12"

Oil on canvas panel

When for whatever reason success seems unlikely, we occasionally witness a miracle nevertheless. I referred to my most recent one as a minor miracle, but was corrected. "There is no such thing as a minor miracle. A miracle is a ... miracle."  I have to agree. To assign degrees to miracles is wrong.  I'm thankful and thrilled to have been a part of a lovely ... miracle! 

You are seeing only part of today's painting. The photo, when scaled to the same size I've used for nearly three hundred posts had such a moire pattern across it, that it looked like I pained on burlap. The original is horizontal and there is more image to the right.  I'll scan it instead, when the paint is dry, and post it again.  

Thank you for contributing to my joy by looking at my art. 

Carol 

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Windy Peninsula

"Windy Peninsula"
8" x 10"
Oil on hardboard

The wind that afternoon floated me to interesting places without much effort. I sped past a bed of water lilies in full bloom, rendering their photos a blurred mess. But as I was ready to round this peninsula wind from two directions stopped me here in front of this narrow strip of land. 

I have a favorite brush for painting pine trees.  It's not particularly expensive, or of high quality like my British Rosemary & Co. brushes. Nor is it as inexpensive as my cut-up sponge pieces, yet it paints the limbs on pines with a finesse that I've sought for years.  

Thank you for drifting by today. 

Carol

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What's In A Name

"What's In A Name"
5" x 5"
Oil on hardboard

Zenith, crescendo, succeed, frenzy, achieve, conclude, and ecstasy. I was asked recently to paint what it feels like when I finish a significant painting—then name it something obscure. 


This is a study for what could possibly become a much larger and more intense painting.  It reminds me of my "fractal wannabe" paintings that I've yet to post in this space.  I will though... but not this month.

Thank you for your patience while I experiment.
Carol

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Flowering Crab

"Flowering Crab"
16" x 20"
Oil on wrapped canvas

The Flowering Crab Apples have just finished strutting their stuff here in my part of Illinois. Their petals are blowing, snow globe-style across my neighborhood.  My spirit soars when I realize that the petals are NOT flakes of snow.  

This is another painting I started, oh, about a year ago. It seemed hopeless until I tackled it with my snippets of sponge. I evened out the color, gave it more depth and brightened the drab flowers.

Thanks for stopping to smell the flowers today.
Carol

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Begonias

"Begonias"
20" x 16"
Oil on wrapped canvas

I wandered through the greenhouse with my camera, looking for flowers I didn't grow myself. I had shot succulents the last visit, so I was looking for color.  Begonias delighted my eyes as I turned the corner. 

I began this painting two years ago, but didn't finish it until this morning. She leaned against a wall in my studio waiting for me to decide if she was worth the effort. She was.

That you visit me regularly... well, it delights me.
Carol

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