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"The Rose" From the Colors of Summer Collection

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

“The Rose” is the painting that began The Colors of Summer collection.

It was the summer I planted my studio garden. I was running down the stone path, when, just in front of the gate, I saw a glowing flash of color. I stopped and bent down, and there, in the dense green foliage, was a tiny, flaming rose. The first rose of the summer. I picked it impulsively and brought it inside the studio. Once in the studio, I noticed how the light shone through its delicate petals and manipulated its color. I could see every color of the rainbow.

I was inspired and ready for a challenge, so I got my palette ready. I used a palette of primary colors for the rose, along with white for blending. I spent the weekend obsessively painting, and by Monday morning, I was finished. I had managed to get all the colors of the rainbow across the rose’s delicate petals.

THE STORY BEHIND THE COLLECTION:

Colors of Summer is inspired by summertime colors. Each floral painting has all the colors of the rainbow. If you look closely, each new insect included in a painting is featured in the following one as well, creating a visual timeline for when the paintings were completed. This collection completely changed how I viewed color, and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. I hope you love it as much as I do.

HOW IT ARRIVES:

This 11×14 painting was painted with acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. The canvas is signed on the front and the back. Your painting will arrive ready to hang in a walnut wood frame, along with a certificate of authenticity and a letter from the artist.

$2,500.00
Only 1 available
'The Lily' from the Colors of Summer Collection

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

“The Lily” is the second painting of the Colors of Summer Collection.

This painting was inspired by another flower in my studio garden- the magnificent Casa Blanca Lily. In late August, these lilies open beneath my studio windows, and the wind blows their exotic scent into the studio, leaving it to swirl around me as I paint. These white lilies, like the winter snows, reflect the colors surrounding them, whether it is the blue shadows of the trees, the gold of the sun, or a pastel pink reflection of their neighboring flowers, the blood-red Hope for Humanity rose.

Just like ‘The Rose,” I used a palette of primary colors for this lily, along with white for blending. Once again, I managed to get all the colors of the rainbow across the lily’s delicate petals, this time, in pastels.

THE STORY BEHIND THE COLLECTION:

Colors of Summer is inspired by all the summertime colors. Each floral painting has all the colors of the rainbow. If you look closely, each new insect included in a painting is featured in the following one as well, creating a visual timeline for when the paintings were completed. This collection completely changed how I viewed color, and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. I hope you love it as much as I do.

HOW IT ARRIVES:

This 11×14 painting was painted with acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. The canvas is signed on the front and the back. Your painting will arrive ready to hang in a walnut wood frame, along with a certificate of authenticity and a letter from the artist.

$2,500.00
Only 1 available
'The Poppy' from The Colors of Summer Collection

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

“The Poppy” is the third painting of the Colors of Summer Collection.

This painting was inspired once again by my studio garden and a single, flaming poppy I found dancing beside my garden path. As I painted its blood-red petals, a monarch butterfly stopped to rest on a pine bough just outside my window. That is when I decided to include the magnificent monarch butterfly as my third featured insect.

Just like ‘The Rose’ and ‘The Lily,’ I used a palette of primary colors for this poppy, this time eliminating the white paint. Once again, I painted all the colors of the rainbow across the poppy’s flaming petals.

THE STORY BEHIND THE COLLECTION:

Colors of Summer is inspired by all the summertime colors. Each floral painting has all the colors of the rainbow. If you look closely, each new insect included in a painting is featured in the following one as well, creating a visual timeline for when the paintings were completed. This collection completely changed how I viewed color, and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. I hope you love it as much as I do.

HOW IT ARRIVES:

This 11×14 painting was painted with acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. The canvas is signed on the front and the back. Your painting will arrive ready to hang in a walnut wood frame, along with a certificate of authenticity and a letter from the artist.

$2,500.00
Only 1 available
The Sunflower from the Colors of Summer Collection

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

‘The Sunflower’ is the fourth and final painting of The Colors of Summer Collection.

This painting was inspired by my mother’s late summer garden and the nodding, golden flowers who look like the sun has fallen to earth. I spent an afternoon photographing the bumble bees who gather profusely around the flowering seed heads and knew that this painting wouldn’t be complete without featuring the insects who love this flower the most.

Once again, I used a palette of primary colors for this sunflower, along with white for blending. Like its predecessors, this sunflower displays all the colors of the rainbow across its beautiful, geometric face.

THE STORY BEHIND THE COLLECTION:

Colors of Summer is inspired by all the summertime colors. Each floral painting has all the colors of the rainbow. If you look closely, each new insect included in a painting is featured in the following one as well, creating a visual timeline for when the paintings were completed. This collection completely changed how I viewed color, and I thoroughly enjoyed the process. I hope you love it as much as I do.

HOW IT ARRIVES:

This 11×14 painting was painted with acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. The canvas is signed on the front and the back. Your painting will arrive ready to hang in a walnut wood frame, along with a certificate of authenticity and a letter from the artist.

$2,500.00
Only 1 available
"Cabin in the Woods" Framed Original Acrylic Mini Painting

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

I used to travel with my grandparents when I was a teenager. One spring, I traveled to the west coast with them, to the temperate rainforests of Oregon. My grandfather was the visiting speaker for a Mennonite community's spring revival meetings. I felt a strange energy in that forest and the church community we visited. People were sad, suppressed, and desperate, and the forest was wet, cold, and mysterious. My grandparents knew a community secret that they wouldn't tell me. The moss clung to everything, like the unsettled feeling I couldn't shake while I was there. We stayed in a tiny cabin, and I remember wishing to run into the forest in my white dress, away from the huge Mennonite meals and the secrets.

This painting arrives framed and signed on the front and back, along with a certificate of authenticity.

$200.00
Only 1 available
"Phantom" Framed Original Acrylic Mini Painting

4” x 4” original acrylic painting on canvas board. This painting arrives varnished, signed, and framed. The frame can be hung on the wall or propped on a desk or table. The frame opening is 4” x 4” and the overall dimensions are 7” x 7”. The frame is made of antiqued gold and silver polyresin with a glass panel.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

I loved ghostly short stories as a teen. This painting is a memory, wrapped in the pages of an old book. A beautiful, elusive shadow disappears around the corner of an old, overgrown garden. The birds are quiet, and the air is heavy with the scent of rain and lilacs. Dirt, petals, and grass clippings cling to your feet as you stop, still in the path, questioning what you saw.

This painting arrives signed by the artist, along with a certificate of authenticity.

$200.00
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"Ghost Butterflies" Framed Original Acrylic Mini Painting

4” x 4” original acrylic painting on canvas board. This painting arrives varnished, signed, and framed. The frame can be hung on the wall or propped on a desk or table. The frame opening is 4” x 4” and the overall dimensions are 6” x 6”. The frame is made of antiqued bronze polyresin with a glass panel.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

I used to spend hours and hours in my mother's kitchen garden on the farm, not because I wanted to, but because it was my job to help pull the weeds. There were white butterflies everywhere, flitting over the rows of vegetables, darting through the apple orchard, and dancing in the fields beyond. I loved to watch them. I thought they looked like little ghosts compared to the gorgeous, ostentatious monarchs that shared the gardens with them. This painting is inspired by those little white butterflies.

This painting arrives signed by the artist front and back, along with a certificate of authenticity.

$200.00
Only 1 available
"Early Morning Walk" Framed Original Acrylic Mini Painting

4” x 4” original acrylic painting on canvas board. This painting arrives varnished, signed, and framed. The frame can be hung on the wall or propped on a desk or table. The frame opening is 4” x 4” and the overall dimensions are 6.5” x 6.5”. The frame is made of gold polyresin with a glass panel.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

I often went for long, contemplative walks on our family farm when my life became chaotic and unpredictable. Nature offered patterns, seasons, and quiet. I remember one morning in particular, walking between a field and the forest. The sun was filtering between the leaves of ancient trees, and as I wandered around a bend in the path, I came face to face with a deer who had been grazing before my arrival. We stared at each other, startled, before she bounded away into the forest.

This painting is inspired by that encounter. You can almost see the figure emerging from the blinding sunlight while the deer remains calm and unaware. An owl sits, unnoticed, a quiet watcher of the scene below.

This painting arrives signed by the artist, along with a certificate of authenticity.

$200.00
Only 1 available
"The White Spider" Framed Original Acrylic Mini Painting

4” x 4” original acrylic painting on canvas board. This painting arrives varnished, signed, and framed. The frame can be hung on the wall or propped on a desk or table. The frame opening is 4” x 4” and the overall dimensions are 7” x 7”. The frame is made of white polyresin with a glass panel.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

I was nine years old when I picked up a camera for the first time. It was my mother's old digital camera. The sun had just risen, and the grass was heavy with dew. Overnight, little spider webs had appeared in the grass, and they sparkled like gems in the golden sunlight. They were my first inspiration. I photographed as many as I could, trying to capture their shimmering and, most importantly, the little creatures who created them. This painting is a nod to my younger self, inspired by the golden moments of a new day.

This painting arrives signed by the artist, along with a certificate of authenticity.

$200.00
Only 1 available
"Forest Cat" Framed Original Acrylic Mini Painting

4” x 4” original acrylic painting on canvas board. This painting arrives varnished, signed, and framed. The frame can be hung on the wall or propped on a desk or table. The frame opening is 4” x 4” and the overall dimensions are 6.5” x 6.5”. The frame is made of gold polyresin with a glass panel.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PAINTING:

I live in a dense, wild, old forest. I watch many creatures pass through our property every day. This painting is inspired by a feral cat that passes through our property every few months. He has his own little footpath, and he likes to stare at my cats through the windows of our home. I give him food when he comes by more frequently. It's one of my favorite sights- him wandering through the property, half hidden by wildflowers, under the watchful eyes of the birch trees.

This painting arrived signed by the artist, along with a certificate of authenticity.

$200.00
Only 1 available

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