Addiction

“Creativity is a drug I cannot live without” – Cecil B. DeMille




Addiction
oil on oil paper
8"x 10"

Summer Sunset

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Quote by Elbert Hubbard

 

Summer Sunset
oil on oil paper
8"x10"

 

Memories

Sometimes  you catch the edge of a scent from the past
, or a combination of colours that remind you of a childhood dress that you loved so much. This painting is a celebration of those memories.

Memories
oil on oil paper
8"x10"

Pears and Roses

My pink/green/white roses are still going strong and the pears were a gift from a neighbours garden.

Pears and Roses
oil on oil paper
8"x10"

Uphill

Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you.

Quote by John Schneider

Uphill
Oil on oil paper
10"x8"

Pink Roses

I have this beautiful bunch of pale pink and green roses, I could be a while with these.

Pink Roses II
oil on oil paper
8"x10"

Pink Roses
oil on oil paper
8"x10"

Very Plum Plums

Sweet, juicy and the most beautiful colours, I just had to  interrupt what I was doing and get back to painting still life again. Has anyone seen The English Patient??

Very Plum Plums
oil on oil paper
8"x10"

Change

“Half of me is filled with bursting words and half of me is painfully shy. I crave solitude yet also crave people. I want to pour life and love into everything yet also nurture my self-care and go gently. I want to live within the rush of primal, intuitive decision, yet also wish to sit and contemplate. This is the messiness of life - that we all carry multitudes, so must sit with the shifts. We are complicated creatures, and ultimately, the balance comes from this understanding. Be water. Flowing, flexible and soft. Subtly powerful and open. Wild and serene. Able to accept all changes, yet still led by the pull of steady tides. It is enough.”
― Victoria Erickson

Change
oil on oil paper
8"x 10"

Gentleness

Gentleness

oil on oil paper

8"x 10"

 

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Mahatma Gandhi

A Beginning II

Had more fun with this one. :  )

A Beginning II
oil on oil paper
8"x 10!

A Beginning

Every day is a beginning, what a blessing to wake up to a new day.

A Beginning
oil on oil paper
10"x 8"

Make Each Day Count

Something I have to remind myself, otherwise one day melts into another.

Make Each Day Count
oil on oil paper
8"x 10"

Peace

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”
― John Muir, The Mountains of California

Peace
oil on oil paper
8"x 10"

Poppy Fields

Not exactly obvious, but the fun in an abstract is to get it just right. Have I achieved that my friends??

White Ladder by David Gray is one of my top ten albums, I must have listened to it a million times and it always sounds good.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsDMjet0fyo&list=PLQGX2r3T1iMtsewsns3UkHMy43FU3hgxB&index=1

Poppy Fields
oil on oil paper
8"x 10"