Delight

How can one help shivering with delight when one's hot fingers close around the stem of a live flower, cool from the shade and stiff with newborn vigor!

 ~Colette

Delight
oil on oil paper
10"x 8"

Experiment

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sweet Freesias

Really the sweetest smelling flowers you could hope to find. I tried to be as impressionistic as I could and feel like going more abstract so watch this space. :  )

Sweet Freesias
oil on oil paper
10" x 8"

Tea and Roses

I find the less I fuss over any subject the better I feel about the finished painting.

Tea and Roses
oil on oil paper
10"x 8"

Letting Go

I have found that the more I go into a subject the more I can let go. An artist, I think a Royal Academician ( I can't remember his name) once said that in order to paint freely first you have to  learn to paint the traditional way. This one is experimental, not sure if it works, but I had fun nevertheless.

Letting Go
oil on oil paper
8"x 11"

Peonies

These peonies started on a box canvas, I spent  much of yesterday trying to make it work. In shear frustration I changed to oil paper and within two hours I painted this. I don't know what it is about the texture of oil paper but I love it.

 A dear friend told me about an artist that sticks paintings done on paper onto a box canvas. I think that's such a great idea, especially if you paint the edges of the canvas in a contrasting colour or in black, which will frame it beautifully. Once this is dry I'm going to try that and post the result.

Peonies
oil on oil paper
10"x 8"

Energy

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

 Benjamin Franklin

Energy
oil on wrapped canvas
7"x 5"

Focus

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.

 John Carmack



Focus
oil on wrapped canvas
7"x 5"

The Next Cow

I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow.

 Gordon Ramsay

Meet Daisy's Friend

Each has its own character and I'm enjoying exploring their features and the essence of cow.

Meet Daisy's Friend
oil on wrapped canvas
7"x 5"

Meet Daisy

My first ever close up cow painting. This reminds me of an exhibition I went to with a friend, I won't say which exhibition. After we'd seen about half way through the paintings on display, my friend had had enough of the large amount of cow and hare paintings, in fact she said " if I see another cow or hare I will be sick" !!! She made me laugh, but I always enjoy looking at paintings, doesn't matter what the subject is, what fascinates me is how they are painted.

Meet Daisy
oil on wrapped canvas
15cm x 15cm

Changes

Yesterdays painting with some changes in the background.

More Baa's

More Baa's

It doesn't matter what subject I paint, I always enjoy working my way around each subject. I do sometimes head more towards realism, but my aim is always to be loose and keep it fresh. I hope I have managed it in this painting. :  )

More Baa's
oil on wrapped canvas
15cm x 15cm

Ewe and Lamb

All that a child needs is great love.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

Ewe and Lamb
oil on wrapped canvas
5"x 7"

Chicken Among the Wildflowers

" Art should be something that liberates your soul"

Keith Haring.

Chicken among the wildflowers
oil on wrapped canvas
15cm x 15cm

Two Lambs

These lambs begged to be painted and really after painting this I don't feel I can eat lamb again. I never have been happy eating any kind of meat, but I find as I get older its more and more difficult to justify.

Two Lambs
oil on wrapped canvas
5"x 7"

Wrapped Up

This sheep looks overdressed in the present weather, its beautifully sunny today.

Wrapped Up
oil on wrapped canvas
15cm x 15cm

Goose

Thinking of a title is sometimes harder than actually painting, would anyone agree with me??

Goose
oil on wrapped canvas
15cm x 15cm

Visualize

Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build. Robert Collier

Visualize
oil on wrapped canvas
15cm x 15cm