Flowers come in all shapes, sizes and colors and they are refreshing to paint. During the long winters we have in Ohio, I love to paint at a local greenhouse, or better yet.....go south!...and find tropical flowers. This is the opportunity to get away from earth colors and find the brilliant ones. Reds, pinks, yellows, golds, blues, purples, and green and many shades of each create the excitement that floral paintings entertain.

The smaller paintings (12" and under in any direction) are included in my Artistic Stimulus Package ....priced under $100

Iris in the Shadows

image: 9" x 12"

painted on R-tistx Board
Sealed for framing without glass

Out of the Shadows

SOLD

White Peonies

watercolor on Watercolor Canvas

image: 18" x 24"
Sealed with acrylic gel (this gel prevented the camera from picking up the contrast, so it is a bit more brilliant than this photo)

Iris in the Shadows of My Garden

painted on R-tistx Board and sealed for framing without glass

image: 6" x 12"

Flowers at Craighead Farm

painted on R-tistx Board

SOLD

Pink Azaleas

painted on R-tistx Board

image: 8" x 8"

This painting is shown step by step in my "Painting Flowers in Watercolor" e-book

Monet's Lily

painted on R-tistx Board and sealed for framing without glass

image: 7" x 9"

Various Shapes of Glass

painted on Strathmore 500 Series Board

SOLD

Lily in the Rain

painted on R-tistx Board and sealed for framing without glass

9" x 12"

All Done!

5" x 8 " watercolor on Rtistx Board and sealed for framing without glass

Poppies on the Cliff Wall

watercolor on Rtistx Board

image: 9" x 12"

Colorful Petunias

image: 7" x 8"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website/.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

The Garden Cart

image: 5" x 7"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

SOLD

Iris in Gold and Red

image: 6" x 12"

This painting is featured on Youtube in a video of the process that I use when painting Irises.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Look Out! It's Gonna Bloom!

image: approx: 14" x 18"

This is one of my images from Monet's Garden in Giverny, France

It is painted on Rtistx board which allows the artist to create glowing washes of color.

This painting was accepted in Watercolor Ohio 2009

Lavender Irises

image: 8 " x 10"

As you know by now, I love to paint these multicolored flowers.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Lilac Blooms

image: 12" x 12"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Peach Iris

image: 4" x 8"

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

White Coneflowers

image: 8" x 16"

There are two consecutive videos of the process I used when painting this piece on Youtube.

SOLD

Pink and Purple Irises

image: 7 " x 9 "

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Pink Azaleas

image: 8" x 8"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website/.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Purple Canterbury Bells (from Monet's Garden)

image: 6" x 9"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website/.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Purple Iris

image: 6 " x 12"

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Rainbow Palms

image: 10" x 18"

I love the patterns that palm fronds make with sunlight and shadow. I made these shadows in rainbow colors to add interest and keep it from being "just" green.

Southern Magnolia

image: 5" x 6"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website/.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Pink Water Lily (from Monet's Garden)

image: 6" x 8"

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Sunflower Field

image: 5 x 7

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website.

Sunlit Palms

image: 12" x 16"

painted on R-Tistx Board and sealed for framing without glass.

Two Lilies

image: 5" x 7"

painted on R-tistx board and sealed for framing without glass

White Peony

image: 4" x 6"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

White Petunias

image: 4 x 12"

This painting is featured in step-by-step progress in a new e-book, Painting Flowers in Watercolor, that is available on my painting tips website.

This is one of the small paintings that I am including in my "Artistic Stimulus Package"...for less than $100.

Last Leaves of Summer

image: 16 x 20
Surface: Watercolor Canvas

I was teaching my painting class how to paint without drawing by concentrating on negative shapes. I began with my three initial washes of yellow, pink and blue without any decision as to where those colors would mingle. Then, I started with the dark negative shapes around the leaves. As the painting progressed, I began to paint the darker leaves to give it more depth.

I am rather please with the outcome, as many of my demonstrations end up on the cutting room floor! My purpose in teaching is to free the student from the fear of putting color on the page, so I am rather free with the application of paint.

Cool Iris

image: 10" x 16"
Surface: R-tistx Board

sealed for framing without glass

Daffs & Daisies
Image: 8" x 10"
painted on R-tistx Board

Casablancas
image: 8" x 10"
painted on R-tistx board

The surface is sealed and framed without glass in a 2" wide white frame.

White Petunias
Image: 16"X 20"
painted on a
WATERCOLOR CANVAS PANEL

This can be framed without glass, or hung with a uniframe, or placed on a large table easel for display.
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For more paintings on canvas check the
Canvas page,
or Steamboat Springs,
Trinidad, Provence page.

Sunlit Rose

Image:16" X 20"
painted on a
WATERCOLOR CANVAS PANEL

I specifically mixed the transparent background with the opaque foregroud (the roses) to give a more three dimensional feeling to the painting. The "opaqueness" was created by the use of a tiny amount of white gouache added to the colors to give them more body.

RED PEPPER AND ONIONS
Image: apprx. 20" x 28" , painted to look as if it is matted and the glass is broken.

I love painting broken glass, and the facets of crystal vases. Every facet is like a painting of its own and it is a tedious job, even though I try NOT to make it photographically accurate.

This is framed in a bright red marbled formica frame that is about 3 inches wide, to emphasize the red pepper color.

San Diego Rose

Image:20" X 24"
painted on a
WATERCOLOR CANVAS PANEL

The rose garden near the San Diego Zoo is spectacular, and especially beautiful in early morning when the sun is low, and the light shows the roses in a warm glow. It is something not to be missed if you are in the area.

Going with the Flow

Image: 20" x 24 "
painted on Watercolor Canvas

A Coy pond in Ocho Rio, Jamaica.

Hydrangeas in a Silver Pitcher

Image: 18" x 24"
painted in watercolor on a WATERCOLOR CANVAS PANEL

50 Giclee prints of the original will be available for purchase.

Size: approx. 16" x 20"
Price: $250 each (signed and numbered)

The Rose Garden

This painting of three Delta Gamma Cream Roses, designating the three founders, was commissioned by the Nashville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Gamma Fraternity, to be donated in memory of

Rose Marie Godwin Brown,

one of its founders. The painting hangs in her chapter of Initiation at the University of Mississippi.

Irises in the Morning Shadows

Giclee Prints available: Edition of 5
21" X 28 5/8"

EACH SIGNED AND NUMBERED

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Other sizes may be ordered.

Iris in the Morning Light
original painting: 22" x 30"

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It is covered with an acrylic glaze and appears much like an oil or acrylic painting. This is my new favorite surface on which to paint. I like the contrast that I can get on the canvas, and I use much more "opaque" transparent watercolors to maintain the viscosity.

for more paintings on canvas check the Canvas page

Petals and Lace (print only)

Many people ask me why I paint many of my subjects from up above. The answer is simple. I had very little space in which to place my still life in the studio, so I put the lace and the vase on the floor. I always said (after graduating from college) that I would never paint still lifes.....however, if you give them a different angle or approach, then they become interesting to me.
Signed & numbered edition: 100
Image size: 15" x 23.25"

I couldn't believe my luck when I won this lovely crystal vase as a door prize at a Women's Club Luncheon a few years ago. It has become the subject of many paintings and classes that I have taught in how to paint cut-glass. This type of crystal reflects all the colors of the surrounding objects, and though there are no colorful objects in this painting, I painted it as if there were nearby objects of red, green, violet, etc.

Image size: 26.5" x 19.25"
Framed size:36" x 29"