Pink Blossoms

Pink Blossoms
Original 48" x 72" x 1.5" Painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

Recent Work 5.3.2011

Robin
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Floral Still Life with Striped Tablecloth
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pussy Willows in Jar
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pink Spring Tree
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pussy Willows and Sparrow
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Autumn Sunrise XI
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Purple Poppies on Red
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Eastern Colorado Landscape
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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The First Two Daffodils
Original 11" x 14" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Pink Floral Triptych
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Red Grass and Trees
Original 54" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Three 18" x 24" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Colorado Landscape
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Early Morning Shadows
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

New Paintings - 03.08.2010

Abstract Pink Blossoms
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Oriental Blossoms
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

These are my most recent paintings depicting springtime blossoms. I'm anxious for spring to arrive and for the earth to bloom again.

Quote of the Day
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."

Maria Robinson

New Paintings 9.28.09

Abstract Poppies on Yellow
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Abstract Cattails II
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Abstract Poppies XII
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms IV
Original 16" x 20" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

My most recent paintings include new editions of several of my popular compositions. These are all 16" x 20" paintings and are attractively priced for patrons on a budget who want to indulge themselves with a new painting, or are seeking a gift for friends or family. I am working on two portrait commissions as well that have been a lot of fun to paint. I'll post photos of those soon.

Quote of the Day
"Once there was a young warrior. Her teacher told her that she had to do battle with fear. She didn't want to do that. It seemed too aggressive; it was scary; it seemed unfriendly. But the teacher said she had to do it and gave her instructions for the battle. The day arrived. The student warrior stood on one side, and fear stood on the other. The warrior was feeling very small, and fear was looking big and wrathful. The both had their weapons.

The young warrior roused herself and went toward fear, prostrated three times, and asked, 'May I have permission to go into battle with you?' Fear said, 'Thank you for showing me so much respect that you ask permission.' Then the young warrior said, 'How can I defeat you?' Fear replied, 'My weapons are that I talk fast, and I get very close to your face. Then you get completely unnerved, and you do whatever I say. If you don't do what I tell you, I have no power. You can listen to me, and you can have respect for me. You can even be convinced by me. But if you don't do what I say, I have no power.' In that way, the student warrior learned how to defeat fear.

This is how it actually works. There has to be some kind of respect for the jitters, some understanding of how our emotions have the power to run us around in circles. That understanding helps us discover how we increase our pain, how we increase our confusion, how we cause harm to ourselves. Because we have basic goodness, basic wisdom, basic intelligence, we can stop harming ourselves and harming others. Because of mindfulness, we see things when they arise. Because of our understanding, we don't buy into the chain reaction that makes things grow from minute to expansive.

We leave things minute. They stay tiny... It all comes through learning to pause a moment, learning not to just impulsively do the same thing again and again... The result is we cease to cause harm." --Pema Chodron

Today's Paintings 7.10.09

Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks Commission
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms IX
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a commission of my Quaking Aspens and Colorado Peaks series, and the newest edition in the Twisted Apple Tree series, a popular and staple among my compositions.

Quote of the Day
"Problems only exist in the human mind." --Anthony De Mello

Recent Commissions

Quaking Aspens, Winter Park, Colorado Commission
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Pink Blossoms on a Blue Sky Commission
Original 36" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas

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Autumn Aspen Grove Commission
Original 48" x 30" x 0.75" painting
Two 24" x 30" canvases
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics

This post includes some of my recent commission work from some of my signature compositions. These paintings were originally inspired by scenes I've witnessed and photographed in Winter Park, Colorado, and upstate New York.

Quote of the Day
"You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." --Buddha

Pink Blossoms and Spring Meadow II

Pink Blossoms and Spring Meadow II
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

This painting is the latest in the Pink Blossoms and Spring Meadow series. The first in the series sold on the first day it was listed, which is always a pleasant outcome. This edition is larger than the first from the series, and includes more defined flowers in the foreground.

Tip of the Day
"Patience is the mark of true love." --Thich Nhat Hanh

Today's Paintings 5.19.09

Pink Blossoms and Spring Meadow
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Honey Locust and Blue Sky
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Oriental Blossoms X
Original 18" x 24" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes two new compositions: Pink Blossoms and Spring Meadow, and Honey Locust and Blue Sky, as well as the newest edition in the Oriental Blossoms series.

Quote of the Day
"You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present." --Eckhart Tolle

Today's Paintings 5.18.09

Back Road Through Prairie Grass, East of the Rockies
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms VIII
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Chroma acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

Today's work includes a new composition featuring a big sky, Back Road Through Prairie Grass, East of the Rockies, and the latest edition in the Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms series.

Quote of the Day
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." --Ernest Hemingway

Lavender and Blossoms

Provence Lavender Commission
Original 36" x 48" x 1.5" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

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Oriental Blossoms IV
Original 30" x 40" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

The paintings in today's post are among my favorites. The Provence Lavender commission was something I did for a patron in Washington who wanted a gift for his wife that would remind her of their trip to France.

The Oriental Blossoms series has been really popular with my patrons. I had to paint another in the series today, because the painting I posted here and listed for sale yesterday sold today. The buyer was a patron in Mississippi who's bought several of my paintings. I'm always pleased to see her back--she's a great lady to work with.

Quote of the day: "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone." --Joni Mitchell

Path and Pink Blossoms

Path and Pink Blossoms
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden, Liquitex, and Atelier acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

The weather here has been very spring-like the past few days--too windy for my tastes, but warm enough to break out the capris and and sandals. This painting was inspired by the cherry blossoms that will present themselves in a few weeks, and which I truly enjoy seeing every year. I love the spring here: a time of renewal, new life, and sometimes lots of heavy, wet snow!

Quote of the day: "What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit." --John Updike

Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms

Twisted Apple Tree with Pink Blossoms V
Original 24" x 36" x 0.75" painting
Golden and Liquitex acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas

This painting sold today on one of my sales venues. I enjoy painting this composition because of the contrast the pink blossoms have with the blue sky. The tree trunk seems to get more twisted every time I paint it. The weather has been very spring-like the past few days, and I look forward to seeing real blossoms on the trees in a couple of months.

I made some great progress on the Alaska painting today. My publisher is anxious to see where I'm at with it, but I didn't have good enough light for a photo today. I will post an update here tomorrow.

Quote of the day: "Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen." --Leonardo da Vinci