No. 751 Sunday Morning

Sunday Morning

Oil on Linen Panel

7" x 5"

What a treat these geraniums were. They brightened up my back deck all summer long. Back lit in the afternoon sun, the leaves as well as the flowers just glowed.

~ Susan 

No. 720 Carol's Geraniums

Carol's Geraniums

Oil on Gessobord

6" x 6"

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I find my students very inspiring. This is a case in point. One beautiful spring morning we held class in my backyard. Carol chose to put geraniums in this pot on a red piece of fabric. After everyone went home I couldn't resist giving it a try myself. Thank you, Carol!

The class in action:

No.639 Concie's Geraniums

 

 

Concie's Geraniums

Oil on Linen Panel

7" x 5"

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This was painted in Lake Chelan early this summer. I had just finished teaching a painting workshop  to a terrific group of ladies the day before. My students were so inspiring that I couldn't wait to paint. Concie, my wonderful host, had the perfect model lounging on her deck. A big thank you to Perry for taking this little painting into her home.

 

Lake Chelan is such a lovely place. It's so sad to hear about the terrible wild fires there. Concie and her friends' houses are safe for now, thank goodness.

 

Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by the wild fires on the east side.

 

No. 479 Demo 2 from Fresh Paint

 

 

 

Fresh Paint Festival Demo #2

Oil on Canvas Panel

9" x 12"

 

I've discovered our fence is a good place to prop up a painting for a quick photo. :)

This is Sunday's demo from the festival. The flowers are geraniums from my backyard meant for decorating the booth. On Saturday, I kept noticing them while I was painting the pears. On Sunday, I could resist no longer.

 

 

 

 

 

They have a lot of extra room in front of the booths to set up for a demo. Notice the geraniums have been whisked out of the booth and into a shadow box to pose for my painting. :)

 

 

 

 

Just before the festival ended I ran down to see the tall ships.

 

 

 

My husband, Don, loading up the truck after the festival ended. Thank you, Don!

 

 

My "End of Festival" treat. :)

Day 292 Afternoon Geraniums 2

 

Afternoon Geraniums 2

Oil on Canvas

6 x 6

Once again the geraniums were lighting up the deck. This time I didn't hesitate to paint them. I particularly liked the pattern of the glowing leaves.

 

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Day 270 Geraniums in the Afternoon

 

Geraniums in the Afternoon

Oil on Gessobord

5 x 7

 

For several weeks I admired how the afternoon sun lit up

these geraniums on my deck. I couldn't decide whether they would

make a good painting or not. Then one day, I decided "what the heck"

and gave it a whirl.