Yellow Sunflowers – Flower Series #4 – Homage to Vincent

I have quite literally applied the final brush stroke to this painting. I started it yesterday afternoon and worked on it until late last night, adding finishing touches this morning. As has been the case with each of the paintings in this series, it was relatively quick to produce. I’ve been contemplating for a while […]

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Flower Painting Series – Pink Asters

I started work on the next ‘Daisy’ painting in my imagined series almost immediately after finishing the previous one entitled, ‘Birthday Flowers’. This time exploring the potential of pink on green. I’ve also been experimenting with achieving different lighting effects within each composition through colour and texture. Using strong complementary colour contrasts such as hot […]

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Birthday Flowers – Calendulas in a Vase

In case you’re wondering whether there is a bit of a theme emerging here with the special occasion flower paintings, you would be half right. It just so happens that I did both my sunflower painting and this latest one on Mother’s Day and my birthday, respectively, though not consciously planned. A friend of Bill’s […]

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