Lacecap Hydrangea

This Lacecap Hydrangea is such a beautiful flower and a favorite flower of mine. I have to smile when I see them. Lacey Caps reminds me of flower wreaths around girls heads or fairies with wreaths. They bloom in summer and fall. The original painting sold 4 hours after it was shown on my website.  Prints are available at fineartamerica.com,

Speaking Dutch

Do you speak Dutch, I love the language of Tulips?

Pumpkin Patch

This pumpkin patch is in Maryland it was the first time I saw a pumpkin patch while it was growing the pumpkins each week the pumpkins grew larger and larger, this was in early October when I took the photos of the pumpkins just before they harvested them. It's amazing to me how some get so much larger than others.

Cuppa Tea With Sarah

I just love this teapot,when I was about five I remember my Mom had a neighbor named Sarah that she would make tea in a teapot like just like this one set up the pretty cups and holler out the door to Sarah to come over for a cuppa tea.
So when we moved to Florida in 1958 and Mom unpacked the beloved teapot it was shattered all but the lid remained. My Mom cried over the loss of the teapot but I think it was more about the loss of Sarah than the cobalt teapot, however my mom kept the lid to the pot.Over the years Mom had a cuppa Tea with many other friends with many different teapots.
After Mom and then Dad died I was cleaning out the kitchen drawers and there in the drawer in the back was the glow of bright blue, the lid in perfect condition. I sat the lid on a shelf with many other memento's of sweetness and joy. Went to my computer and e-bay to see if I could find a teapot to complete the memory. There among all the hundreds of teapots was one cobalt tea pot same design as Moms "Cobalt blue teapot - Hall # 0783 /6 cup teapot perfect condition Lid broken Buy it now $5.00. I bought it as fast as I could push the buttons.
I was elated as far as I was concerned it WAS "Mom's" Teapot and I reunited her lid to the perfect teapot and it has a place of great honor in my kitchen and always will. So does the broken lid. This is a still life I set up with the Teapot and her cup and lemons Sarah is with my Mom and not available.

Iris Glow

A white bearded Iris is anything but white in the glow of the sunlight after an early summer rain.
This flower looks as though it glows from within.

Inspiration Stargazer

This lily was from my parents 50th Anniversary centerpiece from the dessert table. This flower is strong and enduring but also feminine and fragile at the  same time.
I used another shot of this flower for my students to paint from in my class. It gave me an idea of where they were in ability because they all started at this same place. I could better access what they needed to go forward in the class.
This was my inspiration Stargazer Lilly also because my parents were an  inspiration to me.

Deep Purple

A purple Iris is a vision of beauty.

This Canoe Is Waiting For You

This is a watercolor of a view of the Hillsborough River in Tampa. The river is beautiful and riding in a canoe is so relaxing. Go ahead get in...

Banana Flower

This is a banana flower also called banana heart, Inflorescence. The flower is not just pretty it's edible, in Thailand and Southeast Asian countries it is served as a vegetable that resembles the flavor of artichoke, yummy and beautiful.

Bouganvillea Aglow

An urn sitting on top of a pedestal​ was overflowing with beautiful fuchsia & magenta colored Bougainvillea bursting with vibrant color in the bright sunshine, the light was so intense there were colors present in the shadows. I exaggerated the colors  so you could experience what I saw that day but the camera couldn't quite capture.

Kim's Iris

An Iris on wood panel 6" x 6" with Gold leaf background,

Chocolate Covered Cherries

Yummmmm...................Acrylic 5" x 7" painting on  gallery wrapped canvas.