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Botanical Gardens Lilies
11 x 14
oil on Ampersand panel
$200 |
I painted out twice this weekend, yesterday at the Arboretum in Dallas and today at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. I went to the Dallas Arboretum with my friends to paint on Saturday. I met Olivette Hubler, Sheri Jones, Hai Chi Lee, Chris Toplyn, and some of the Dallas artists that we never met up with; it is a big place. Our group painted near a series of pools with water lilies. when we got there only one lily was open by the time we left. There were pink, pale yellow, white, and purple lilies blooming.
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Arboretum Lilies
5 x 7o
il on canvas panel
$75 |
I was really inspired by the brushwork of Olivette and the palete knife work of Sheri.I am trying to get a more impressionistic style with looser brushwork. It was very hot yesterday, 107, but we hung in there and painted from about 9:00 to 12:00 or so. Then Olivette, Hai Chi and I had lunch at the restaurant in the gardens. We ate outside but in the shade so it wasn't too bad, plus we had plenty of iced tea.
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| Chris and Hai Chi at the lily pond at the Arboretum. |
After painting at the Arboretum I was inspired to try painting some more water lilies so this morning at 10:30 I went to the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. It was 107 again today and I was in full sun but I was able to paint for three hours. I did the painting at the top of this blog.
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| Lilies with green and purple pads. |
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| The big lily pond at the Arboretum. |
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| Olivette and Chris painting lilies. |
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| Sheri painting lilies, I believe she finished three paintings. |
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Nice one Douglas! In specially like the first one - it is a looser style indeed and has great colour harmony and is almost a bit abstract. I think it would look great framed.
ReplyDeleteDoug, you are a hardy soul for being out in this heat! I admire that!
ReplyDeleteYour paintings are lovely and as Valerie said there is an abstract quality to it. Well done, my friend!!
Beautiful painting, Doug..and love the pictures as well. I love lilies..I had them in my Koi pond but my Koi's love them more...they destroyed them before they flowered. I as well as Linda, admire you for painting in this heat..yet, you all look so cool painting!!
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