Another fine morning in the garden.

Summer Heat in the Garden
8 x 10
oil on linen panel
$150

I got up early this morning and went to go paint in the botanical gardens. It's supposed to be at least 102 today, so I wanted an early start. It was cool enough until about 10:00. Then the breeze ended and it got HOT. I liked this view with the darks in the background and the path leading in surrounded by flowers. It's nice to still have lots of flowers and green even in this heat, yesterday was 105.

Early Morning in the Garden

Early Morning in the Garden
8 x 10
oil on linen panel
$175

Yesterday, I had a great morning painting. I went to the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens at 7:00 to find a place to paint. There were blooms everywhere, it was as pretty as it was earlier in the spring. Finally I selected this location, I  liked the composition and I liked the shade that lasted all morning. I was joined by my friends Olivette Hubler, Leslie Talty, Audette Asher, and Sheri Jones. It was a perfect morning for painting and everyone produced a painting except Olivette, who produced two. At lunch time we went to the Kimbell Art Museum for lunch. Then we went to the Amon Carter museum to see the Hudson River School Exhibit and then to the Fort Worth Community Art Center to see Exhibits by our friends Ann Hardy, Claudia Davis, Jan Bateman and Shirley Kinworthy.

Morning in the Gardens

Morning in the Gardens
4 x 6
oil on canvas

I painted in the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens this morning. It was a really nice morning, not too windy or too cool. My friend Joyce painted also and got a very nice painting.

Southwest Garden

Southwest Garden
8 x 10
oil on canvas
$150

I started this painting about two weeks ago in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. It was a great day for painting out. My friends Olivette Hubler, Linda Reedy, Cecelia Robertson, and Cece Turner painted also. We had lunch at the Gardens Restaurant and then I invited them over for dessert afterwards. I was not finished with this painting so I worked on it a bit more yesterday and did the last work on it today. I'm pretty pleased with it now.

Kokopelli in the Jardin

Kokopelli in the Jardin
8 x 10
oil on canvas panel

This was painted in a beautiful garden at a home in Granbury. I really liked the rusted iron Kokopelli sculpture in the flower garden surrounded by the cedar fence with all the old timey flowers in it.

Granbury Garden

Granbury Garden
8 x 10
oil on canvas panel
$150

Granbury is such a beautiful town with many historic homes and buildings. It has a charm and character that many of our Texas towns and cities have lost. There is a sort of timelessness that is eharacterized by the care that the people show in their gardens and homes. I especially like the gardens full of the same flowers that were in my grandmother's gardens like poppies, roses, peonies, iris, and phlox,