Sunflower

This weeks entry for the DPW challenge. My favorite thing to paint, after beaches. This was from a photo I took last summer, it had a bumble bee visiting. I left him out of this painting because I did it in a pallette knife, and, well, he got wiped.

Painted in oil on a flat canvas panel, size 8x6 inches.

In your own backyard

Every morning, I sit with my coffee and enjoy a few moments of solitude. The winter has been harsh and I am grateful that I work out of my home studio. Every once in awhile, the gray clouds are gone (never for long), and I get a glimpse out of kitchen window of a magnificent sunrise.

Spring training has begun, it won't be long until I can open that window.

Roses

A surprise painted in memory.....