Fairy Rose

 8 x 8 inches - oil on hardboard - The fairy rose is a small prolific rose that does very well in our garden. Most roses don't.

Iris Falls

 6 x 6 inches - oil on hardboard - The variability of irises is almost infinite. You could never own one of each kind because new ones are created all the time.

Yellow and Purple Iris

 

6 x 6 inches - oil on hardboard - Here is another in the series of iris paintings that I made a while ago. If I zoom in and show part of the flower I hope they still read as iris, but that it is more interesting than the standard portrait view.

Vase with Marbles

8 x 8 inches - oil on hardboard - There is so much variation to be found in marbles. Lucky I haven't lost my marbles yet.

Yellow Plumeria

 

6 x 6 inches - oil on hardboard - This is from a trip we made to a botanical garden greenhouse.

Pink and Purple Iris

 

6 x 6 inches - Oil on hardboard - I like the abstract shapes in these closeups of bearded irises.

Into the Woods

 6 x 6 inches - oil on hardboard - Here is an early morning view of the woods on the hill. I use commercial panels if I can get them but if not, I will cut my own hardboard panels which I seal using two coats of GAC-100 both sides followed by gesso. For larger boards, I sometimes glue oil-primed linen to the sealed panels or attach the linen onto stretcher bars. I use primarily walnut oil alla prima.