Passionate about Sky Blue Rose of Sharon

    It is said, paint what you love - what calls out your name. The gorgeous blooms of the sky blue rose of sharon growing in front of our chicken coop called out my name. 

I answered!  Five times!  

An artist teacher and friend once encouraged me to paint a subject five times in five different ways.  Here is the result of a four day painting frenzy.  Sennelier makes a color that I can't paint without called Royal Blue.  It was the perfect color mixed with permanent rose, indigo blue and winsor red to capture  the essence of this beautiful flower.

Painting Peonies

These beauties growing in my son's back yard begged to be painted.  I took several photos but when I was able to get back to paint them "plein air" they were too far gone.  So I pulled up one of the photos on my computer and painted them indoors.  They were so fun to paint!  They have found a new home with a friend who loves peonies and is a beauty herself!