Blue Crab

Another watercolour, I ended up painting six altogether.

Blue Crab
watercolour on heavy paper

Strength

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Charles Spurgeon

I found this quote today and felt comforted by it, because I worry about everything.

 

Strength
oil on oil paper

A Spring Day

One of the first joyful signs of spring, daffodils popping up everywhere!!

A Spring Day
oil on oil paper

Nothing Stays the Same

Painting flowers over the last few years has taught me that flowers are ever changing. From the bud stage to when they are wilting, each stage is so beautiful. The same could be said of life.

Nothing Stays the Same
Oil on oil paper

I've been listening to Sweet Disposition by Temper Trap....bliss


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxKjOOR9sPU

Seaweed

“A fragrant breeze wandered up from the quiet sea, trailed along the beach, and drifted back to the sea again, wondering where to go next. On a mad impulse it went up to the beach again. It drifted back to sea.”
― Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide : Five Complete Novels and One Story

Seaweed
Watercolour on heavy paper.

A Mothers Day Bouquet

My son bought me this bunch of flowers, a perfect opportunity to get back into painting after nearly a week off.

A Mothers Day Bouquet
Oil on oil paper

Light III

Still exploring the joys of abstract art. :  )

Light III
Oil on oil paper

Windswept

Sometimes life has a way of pulling you into directions that normally you would not have dreamed of.

Windswept
oil on oil paper

Light II

I'm going more with my feelings and this is helping me be more and more abstract.

Light II
oil on oil paper

Light

Light
Oil on oil paper

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

Rabindranath Tagore

Space

That short space of time when you just wake up and everything is alright with the world, and then you fully wake up.

Space
oil on oil paper

Spirit V

A rose representing life, part returns to earth and part travels onto the next life. 

I've been listening to Sade most of my adult life, love her songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRl9Av95Uck

Spirit V
Oil on oil paper

Spirit IV

We have beautiful sunshine with blue skies today, but its cold and windy, well we can't have everything right??

Here's a better photo from last night. Still not abstract enough so I may keep going, but loving the experiment.

Spirit IV
Oil on oil paper

Spirit IV

I have realised its harder to let go of the real and recognisable than I thought it would be. I ran out of daylight so a better photo tomorrow, all being well.

Spirit II and III

I thought I'd try an experiment to  turn a realist  painting into an abstract. So far they still look like roses, lets see what the next one looks like.


I've been listening to Elvis a pocketful of rainbows, where would we be without music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Itvu1XkDIY

Spirit II
 oil on oil paper

Spirit III
oil on oil paper
 

Spirit

I went out and bought roses for the first time since Pisho, I feel her everywhere, her spirit is with  me.

I've been listening to this beautiful song by James Bay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqiH0ZSkM9I

Spirit