Dignity

Shortly after the covid shut down I found a photo I had taken of an orchid I had taken at the local nursery.  I felt it embodied dignity.

Dignity
Acrylic on 12 x 12 canvas

La Dame Blanch and Spotlight

"La Dame Blanch" is a painting of a beautiful white amaryllis that bloomed this winter.   Not sure of the variety but found one with this name in honor of the French White Mountain and thought it fit. 
Acrylic on 16 x 20 canvas.

"Spotlight" is a smaller version on an 8 x 10 canvas.

Lady Slipper, yellow

I was so lucky to find Lady Slippers growing wild on our New Hampshire property and have been in love with them since then.  The other day I went to  Bayview Garden Shop here on Whidbey and fell in love with them all over again.  They have a  beautiful array of Lady Slippers.

Lady Slipper , yellow

acrylic on 9 x 9 board.

Lady slippers or Cypripedium Orchids comes from a mix of Latin and Greek. It alludes to Cyprus, the island that was the mythical birthplace of Aphrodite (Venus) and "pedilum", a shoe or slipper (or feet), and so literally means Aphrodite's Slipper.

Seriously thinking about putting together a book of full moon names.
Think I have a painting that works for each month.

The Lunar Calendar

Wolf Moon, January

Snow Moon, February

Crow Moon, March

Pink Moon, April

Flower Moon, May

Strawberry Moon, June

Buck Moon, July (really like the buck in snow but a little cold for July. Option 2.

Blueberry Moon, August

Harvest Moon, September

 Hunters Moon, October

Beaver Moon, November

Cold Moon, December

Once in a Blue Moon,  Rare. 

Out of the Woods

Acrylic on gold background

16 x 20 canvas

Wade in the Water

Coming up in my notices I saw a gallery presentation titled, Black is a Color. 

Starting with a Black ground I collaged the beautiful paper I found at a garden shop in Seattle.  Then I added the the rest with acrylics
Someone asked me, " what are the birds looking for?  "
 I replied probably fish or fox.

Wade in the Water
Acrylic Mixed Media
20 x 16 canvas

Lightening.

A small partner in the same style as the horse.
After last weeks storms decided to name the horse, Thunder and his friend the deer, Lightening.
Using the same technique I have painted the sweet deer who stands on his hind legs and munches apples from my friends tree.

Lightening
acrylic mixed media,
10 x 8 canvas.