Silver Cup with Lemon and Egg Cup

It has been a while since I tried a painting with a really dark background.  Silver cup is a rather pretentious name for what is really an inexpensive plastic vase but silver cup sounds so much better.

First real snow of the season-- 6 inches of very wet, heavy snow.  Shoveling was my strength training for the day.

Redo

I hardly ever rework a prior painting.  I am either satisfied or it goes in the reject pile to be either trashed or painted over. Although initially ok with this painting that was posted in January, the original color of the tulips bothered me- they were dull and looked as if I couldn't decide what color they should be.  Much happier with this version.  Tulips are whiter and brighter.  Changed the shape of the jar for no particular reason.

White Tulips with Gerbera Daisy

These were the flowers off to the side waiting their turn to be artfully arranged.

A new year -- 2014-- I like the sound of it.

White Roses with Lemons

See, no hydrangeas..although there are a couple of white hydrangea paintings drying.  Sorry for the delay in posting-- part of the time was spent at a Kim English workshop--Figures in the Landscape.  There was a bit of the boot camp experience that others have described except I can't imagine boot camp being so much fun.

Hydrangea with Lemon

I thought I would paint some hydrangea blossoms before the deer got to them.

White Carnations

Out of interest, I looked up white carnations which apparently symbolize pure love and are associated with Mother's Day.  Just happenstance that Mother's Day is this weekend.