September Riches

 September Riches

Luscious pinks and peaches.

Zinnia Metamorphosis

Zinnia Pattern, Rubeckia inspiration. Flowers from this week for the seasonal flower alliance, first of the Cafe au lait dahlia, I see what all the fuss is about! Amazing colour so subtle perhaps next week painting?

Seaweed Pattern

 Seaweed Pattern, weekly flowers busy summer days.....

Flowers for the Seasonal Alliance the garden is blooming, next year (as all gardeners say) soaker hoses and a timer, it has been a marathon task to try to keep up. It has been a summer of swimming and visitors (more to come) and work. Never enough hours in the day!

We had jellyfish in our bay the other day and friends of our daughters staying who swam into them, no stings. Saw them later on the beach expired but inspiration for Illustration Friday skull, thought of skeleton of a jellyfish?

 

From above buckets of bouquets ready for the market.

Succulent Pattern

Sun lovers, low water flowers of the future? Journey to the sustainable garden?

Very busy family time summer on the coast :)

August Garden Delight

 Watercolour collage available in the shop

The garden in bloom, bouquets for the local market and for the Seasonal Flower Alliance. Last photo is dinner last night all from the garden, the colour is as beautiful as the flavor! The green Desert King figs heading for the market as well sooooooo sweet with all the heat we have been having.

The lilies and zinnias are in full bloom.

Golden Moments

 Fistful of garden flowers in watercolor, inspired by the real thing growing in the garden. This weeks blooms the lilies and zinnias are coming in the fragrance is amazing :)

Bouquet for the seasonal flower alliance + a few little shots of the garden and lilies growing.

Herbal floral

 Herbal Bouquet, herbal pattern in process....Flowers from this week.

In Progress

Painting a sign for our garden stand 30" X 20" side one almost done, a few more touches and then the other side :)

Handsome garden visitor

 In bloom for the seasonal flower alliance

Little Masked Crusader? Flowers and more

 Smallest Super Hero? For Illustration Friday Mask Challenge

Peonies and more peonies, Sword Dancer

In the garden this week, and in the flowers for the market!

Petal Temptations

 

Petal inspiration Icelandic poppies.

 Lovey Bunny: this little drawing has been sitting in my sketch book for awhile. 

This weeks flowers for the Seasonal Flower Alliance: peony, Icelandic poppy, snapdragon, first of the sweetpeas and nigella, dames rocket parsley flowers, ninebark and lemon balm.

In Bloom

In bloom in the garden right now, after being in Toronto last weekend I realize how far ahead our gardens are on the coast. Spent the weekend planting tomato's, potatoes, cucumbers and more + flowers of course....

And painting of course! Top painting a bouquet, second a pattern which do you prefer?For illustration Friday universe....a big stretch....flowers are the universal messenger of love and affection?

 The cottage is dripping in wisteria!

The inspiration for the paintings fresh from the garden. For the seasonal flower alliance

Picking the first of the sweet peas, Icelandic poppies and peonies. Not sure of the name of the pink round flowers? They have a lovely scent.

Prints are available in the shop

Spring Voyage of Peonies & Euphorbia

 Peonies & Euphorbia spring passages. Happy Mothers Day! Was nice to hear from both my children today and have one over for dinner. Flowers below for the Seasonal Flower Alliance challenge in bloom this week lilac, euphorbia (my favourite) last of the tulips, bracken and 2 beautiful tree peony bloom from my friend Susan's garden! The inspiration for the painting.

Tulip & Euphorbia & Bouquet Challenge

 New painting, print available Picking up on the Seasonal Flower Alliance

a challenge that I am aspiring to take up with the added challenge of painting some part of the bouquet each week!

Seasonal flowers from the garden, tulips, bluebells, cornflower, hard geranium, nine bark, nodding onion and my fave euphorbia (the deer don't eat it!!!!)