Garden Wandering...

I've been wandering around the garden taking photos of all things blooming-anything that might inspire a later painting. The peonies have gone and the roses are doing their thing now. Most of them came through the winter unscathed.

I guess I'm already preparing for the winter months...you never know when you'll have the urge to paint a Fourth of July rose in the dead of winter. Here are a few of the latest pieces I've done.

The dandelion above was inspired by a photo taken by my friend Jocelin. She does awesome closeups of all sorts of flowers.

I don't know if I'm done with this one...the stems and leaves look too raggedy to me. I might have to stare at this one for  a while. While I'm waiting for a solution, I've prepared a lot of small boards to play with-perfect for noodling about while watching TV or listening to music. Hope everybody has a happy Fourth!