Crocus

 

6 x 8 inches - oil on canvas board - Soon these will be up in the garden.  It has been a long winter.

Hellebore

 

16 x 20 inches - oil on canvas board - This is sometimes called a Christmas rose because that is when it blooms in warmer places than where we are. The leaves stick around through most of the year though.

Japanese Iris

 

16 x 20 inches - oil on canvas board - While these irises will tolerate damp conditions, we also grow them in normal garden beds.

Blue Irises

 

16 x 20 - oil on canvas board - Irises are one of my favourites in the garden.

Opuntia

16 x 20 inches - oil on canvas board - Don't even get close to these unless you have gloves and tongs. The spines are worse than a porcupine.
 

Pink Peonies

 

16 x 20 inches - oil on canvas board - Here is the first of a series of floral portraits I painted recently.

Lynx

 16 x 20 inches - oil on canvas board - I thought I was done with my big cat series but apparently not.