A Spring Bouquet and garden plans...

I need to get to a greenhouse and buy some pansies this year. That is one of the garden plants that reminds me of my Grandmother Mary the most...She had the old fashioned yellow ones with the root beer colored faces. Every time i see those little flowers i think of her. Also i need some lily of the valley..My daughter Katie is going to let me have some of hers. She got them from my Mother's garden. The ones i had here were lost in the construction....so i am glad to have a few plants from Mom's original gardens.... I lost my old lilac bush when the garage was being built...So i just ordered some old fashioned lilacs from conservation office to be picked up on Saturday. It will take a while for the lilac seedlings to be big enough to bloom, but until then i will just have to go around the neighborhood sniffing everyone else's lilacs!

Reminder! Mother Daughter Show Opening is Tonight!

Well, Mom's paintings are up on the wall, and mine will go up this morning. Putting together a show like this is a lot of work for everyone involved, but for me it is a labor of love. To have this show with my Mother, is a dream come true. To stand back and see her paintings on those walls makes me feel so happy and proud. And to have our paintings hang on walls my own daughter has worked so hard for, well....i cannot tell you how proud i am and the gratitude i feel. So, i will bring my camera with me this morning when we hang the rest of the show, and will have it with me tonight for the opening, and will be sure to share some photos with you! Wish us luck !

Autumn Observations #9

"Full Moon Outside my Bedroom Window"

watercolor (branches done with straw technique) on watercolor paper

This is the last of my Autumn paintings! This was fun! Let's see what inspiration Winter in Upstate New York brings!

Autumn Observations #8

"Sand Dune"

watercolor, salt, on watercolor paper

Autumn Observations #7

"Out West"

watercolor and salt on watercolor paper

Autumn Observations #6

" Plowed Fields"
watercolor on watercolor paper

Autumn Observations #5

"Birches"

Watercolor on watercolor paper

Autumn Observations #4

" River of Gold"

watercolor on watercolor paper

Autumn Observations #3

" October Woods"

more watercolor and branches formed by blowing thru a straw

Autumn Observations #2

"Autumn at Loon Lake"
Watercolor on wet typewriter paper

Loon Lake is one of my most favorite places in the Adirondacks. My Parent's used to rent a cabin on the lake and we made some wonderful memories there...

Seasonal Painting Series-Autumn Observations #1

I'm going to try to get one of these posts out each day until i run out of Autumn themed paintings! Hopefully this will inspire me to paint more...

Photos like this...

Are used as a guide to paint this..."Looking Up!" is painted in watercolor, and the branches were blown onto the paper using a straw.....( i learned this cool technique while teaching in a local daycare. Hey! it works! ;)