AMERICAN DREAM

There is a beautiful garden in my neighborhood that I love to visit. It is always changing and is such a treat to walk by. The flowers seem to have a way of rearranging themselves each year in the most beautiful way. I love the way the colorful flowers stand out in front of the picket fence. The dark green in the background really make the fence and flowers pop. I took artistic license to reorganize some of the blooms to create a pleasing composition and repeat color patterns.

I took many photographs of the garden and wanted to paint it in all its glory. Living in that home and enjoying the beautiful garden is the “American Dream”. 

This painting was done on Wallis sanded paper. There is a watercolor under painting which shows through. The highlights were all done with soft pastels. The original painting is 17" x 19 1/2" and is $450.00

GARDEN POTS

One of my favorite activities is to go to the Chicago Botanic Gardens. The garden pots are always changing so it’s such nice surprise to see what is there. I loved this arrangement using predominately primary colors for the bouquet. The rich green foliage was a wonderful contrast. The shadow pattern and color really intrigued me and I want to capture it in my painting. The warm summer glow in this painting makes me feel good.

Garden Pots was done in soft pastels on Wallis Sand paper. The image size is

13 X 16. With a 3” mat it measures 19 x 22. The original pastel is $450.00

SUMMER HYDRANGEAS

Garden walks are a favorite activity for me. I was in awe of the beautiful hydrangeas and the variety of color in the blooms. They ranged from light pinks to deep violets. The individual petals made up this wonderful round shape that I wanted to capture. I accentuated the yellow buds as they made a wonderful contrast to the violets.

The painting is 18” x 12” and was done on Wallis sanded pastel paper using soft pastels. To get the richness of color I used many layers going from hard to soft pastels and dark to light.

It measures 24" x 18" with a 3 inch mat. The original pastel is $500.00
Click here to bid on this.