Judith Burns

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Flower and Friend

My beautiful Clivia gifted me with a bloom the spring so of course I painted it.

Clivia and Friend
Acrylic on 14 x 18 canvas

I've continued to work on the moon series. At one point I realized I had done quite a few moon paintings so I decided to cover the months. Here are the last 2.
July's Buck Moon
acrylic on 11 x 14 canvas

And lastly.
Sturgeon Moon for August.

Cherry Blossoms

During the covid shut down time the Akebono Cherry tree out front bloomed. It was so nice to see spring coming while we were all staying at home.

Cherry Blossoms
acrylic on 12 x 19 canvas

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.

Monday, February 24, 2020

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.