Showing posts with label orchid plant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orchid plant. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

In the Shadow of Your Wings

"In the Shadow of Your Wings" 6x6" Oil on gessobord
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More adventures of the traveling easel! I feel like I have been let out of a cage this week basking in the glory of new-found freedom. It's like I just gave myself permission to color outside the black lines. Woo-hoo, the Lone Ranger rides again! Wonder why I didn't think of this before? All of that time I spent trying to mask out all the bouncing reflected lights...what was I thinking? I love seeing the myriad of color appearing everywhere, especially in the shadows. It's like someone just turned the lights on for the first time!                                                                                                                            
Last night I drug my 8' tall wooden easel into the breakfast room where I spotlighted this barren orchid. That juicy red starlet saw this as her big chance to shine and literally jumped out of the fruit bowl, anxious to make her stage debut. I didn't have the heart to tell her this was her first and final debut.

Does anyone out there know how to get an orchid to bloom a second time? No matter how many songs I sing or tap dances I have performed, not a one of my three beautiful orchids will offer to produce an offspring. Anybody know any good jokes I can try?
Thanks for viewing my painting!
nancy 

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

"Mellow Yellow"

"Yellow Mellow" 8x6" Oil on canvas board
 
 
 
A bit of sunny yellow surrounded by cool icy blues and greens reminds us that summer will come again. With predictions of more freezing temperatures, ice and snow tonight, we can use a shot of golden yellow to brighten and warm us trapped under this heavy blanket of winter. Do you think the orchid plant, hovering over the lemon with arms outstretched, is trying to keep the citrus from freezing, or is she trying to warm her hands?

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nancy

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