Bouquets 17 and 18

Bouquet #17 - 7.5x11 - acrylic on paper

Bouquet #18 - 7.5x11 - acrylic on paper

Playing post catch-up... I finished #20 today. I'm actively working on 2 larger paintings and there is a stack of bouquets that just need that last little bit. What is that last little bit?  Sometimes I know and sometimes I need to wait for the art gods to send me a tip. :-)

Lemon Squeezy

#16 of 100 bouquets ~ 6x6 on Yupo paper ~ Lemon Squeezy

Happy New Year! I'm a bit behind adding the bouquets to the blog...oops. I'm working on numbers 19 through 23 simultaneously. Two of those are biggies (22x30 and 36x24).

I'll be showing a large number of them at Center Gallery in Glen Arbor, MI during the month of June. The gallery is right across from Cherry Republic (mmmmmm cherries). So if you are lucky enough to be in the Glen Arbor area in June....stop in! You can let me know, and I'll meet you there. :-)

October ~ Bouquet #15

October  Bouquet #15  12x9

Back at the bouquets.... A quick one this evening.

#15 - any occasion

#15 "Any Occasion" - 15x11 Acrylic on paper

It's hard for me to keep up when I'm traveling. This is an iPhone photo. I'll have to re-shoot when I get back to the up north studio. Go ahead.... buy yourself some flowers because it's Friday. Or because it's sunny. Or because you made your bed. Or because your dog loves you. Or because you love your dog. Or.....because.

Bouquet #10

Bouquet #10 ~ 7x5 

This is sort of an interesting palette.... a bit patriotic. Number 10 out of 100 in the books.

number 8 ~ succulent bouquet

Bouquet 8 Succulent ~ 7x5 Acrylic on paper $54

I love this one.... :-D  Love the colors.... Might have to do this BIGGER for me. This one is day four of the 30 in 30 challenge over at Leslie Saeta's blog... patting myself on the back.

texture! bouquet 7

Texture and movement bouquet 7 ~ 12x12 acrylic on canvas

I don't often use texture medium... It's not that I don't like it...  I'm just too impatient to wait for it to dry. It was a lot of fun to play with though. (Golden light molding paste) This one is another example that will be up at Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey, MI toward the end of the month. I'm teaching Acrylic 101 there next month. Hooray!

bouquet 6 not watercolor

Bouquet 6 ~ 11x14  ~Acrylic on watercolor paper

I'm teaching Acrylic 101 at Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey and in Traverse City this fall. The Petoskey location invited instructors to show paintings at the end of the month. Since the class explores acrylic, beginning with really watery applications to thick impasto; I decided to show examples of this versatility. This is the "watercolor-y" example. This certainly reminded me of how impatient I've become.... lots of layers of watery color on this one....cue hairdryer noise.

Collage Bouquet #5

Collage Bouquet #5 ~ 7x5 ~ Acrylic and Collage $54

I have a lot of bouquets going at the same time...but this one hit the finish line first today. I'm a bit partial to the two eyed bloom front and center.
I'm participating in Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge... Not positive that I'll be able to post all 30 days, but it should be close. Care to join me?

100 bouquets

My friend  Kim Santini is painting 100 toys along with her regular (and might I say BEAUTIFUL) animal portraits. She's inspired me to do 100 bouquets. Here are my first 4! 

You can follow along here on the blog... or on my facebook page here.

#1   11x15 Acrylic on paper $249

#2  7x5 acrylic on paper $54

#3 7x5 acrylic on paper $54

#4 7x5 acrylic on paper $54