Experiment

After my husband and I had first holidays"in Canada", I've just finished one painting of grapes.

I was going to paint kind of large painting of vineyard where I really enjoyed not only the scenery but WINE. But I have no idea how to paint grapes and vine.

So I started 11"X14" canvas for experiment. I think I'm done now. But grapes don't look SOFT enough. Ummm.......... I may need more experiment.

Little change

I keep thinking something isn't right of my newest painting "Miniature Rose". So I changed a little. 

Roses

I can't remember when was the last time I painted roses. I used to paint roses quite often and I still love red roses the best among all flowers in the world!

I've decided to paint red roses, then there was no reason but I started vivid Chinese red for the first layer on canvas. And roses were ended up PINK. Well, I like pink roses too, anyway.

Landscape again.

I've been wanted to paint this scene for long time but I never did before. My husband, Bob took me for a long drive 4 years ago and we were there on the way to Boston Bar. I've already painted one of the scenes, " C.N. Rail near Boston Bar" right after we went there.

It was early summer and no one was there. So quiet and beautiful. Yes, very typical B.C. VIEW! But I love it!! So I thought I'd better start painting this since I feel like I still have unfinished business. Now I DID.

The 6th and maybe the LAST

It's been more than a month after I came back from Japan for the second time in this year because of my mother's emergency call.

I've already started another"sunset from my window"painting before I went to Japan.
The first one I painted in 2011, then painted 4 more different versions last couple years.

I thought I did enough but only one more scene I still wanted to complete or I mean added.
I'd painted this scene once and surprisingly it was sold. But I was only half happy because I thought I could paint better one.

So I started painting again. And this is my 6th sunset scene from my window and the last, I guess.

This beautifully glowing mountains, only happens at the end of winter or early spring. The mountains have to covered with snow and there shouldn't be NO clouds in the sky and I have to look at it at the certain timing. Of course trees are much shorter than mountains. But through my window, mountains are always behind trees. I love to see this scene again!

"The Door"

When I started painting " Radiant Light", all the sudden, this image of red door came up to my mind. This is one page of  my old old memories.

I saw this building with red door somewhere in Europe, possibly either France or Italy.  I was so impressed and loved this red door when I found, I even painted this whole building over 30 years ago. But I don't know where the painting is now.

The door was shut tight but telling me something that I thought. And this rusty heavy looking red door was so beautiful with pinkish brick building.

Starting to paint again!

After 2 months of BREAK, I've been painting for 3 weeks. And here it is, my new version of trees and light painting has done. 

Light is always very difficult for me to show in the paintings. Actually it has no colour and texture but really affect painting if I can't use it right. Well, I'm not good at putting the light in my paintings yet. But I'm trying anyway. Hope I could do this better than before.