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Thanks to several artist's suggestions on Facebook, this blog and from my email lists. Your suggestions ranged from painting a small trading card, going through all the photo references I had on the computer and creating a new file for subjects to paint this Winter. I found my photo reference of the flower most people love to look at: The Sunflower. It's a reminder of the warmer days of summers past and of that yet to come when this flower flourishes and fields blaze with their color.
One friend told me she thought it was going to be a long Winter and with that in mind, I copied many different subjects to the new file I'm calling "out of the winter blues box".
Here is an artist's trading card sized painting of a bouquet of sunflowers that sat on the table at Windmill Creek Farms back porch. It was a day to sit and sip iced tea and look around at the beautiful landscape that adorned the farm. Seeing the photo brought back wonderful memories of that day, including the same day of the earthquake that I felt standing in the field painting en plein air.
I think I'll have a drawing to celebrate my two year anniversary on blogger and this will be the prize. If you'd like to enter the contest, please let me know. I'll draw the winner's name sometime the first week of December.
Being a new blogger compared to many of you, I'd really like to increase my followers by 50% by December, 1 2012. Time will tell.
20 comments:
Please enter my name in the drawing, Linda! Nothing like a bunch of beautiful, golden sunflowers to lift the spirits!!!
Forgot to add...Congratulations on two years of blogging!
You're entered, Claire. Thank you.
Glad you're out of the "Box", Linda. And that is a very bright and happy trading card. :)
Thank you Kathryn, Blessings to you and Happy Thanksgiving
OMG, that is so beautiful. I'd love to have that ACEO in my collection so please enter me in the drawing. You really went all out on your first ACEO. It's quite a treasure. :)
Congratulations
It's hard to believe you had a block when you are able to produce such uplifting beauty!!! Please enter me in the contest, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and John!!!(Mchelle DeRose)
Thank you Carol and Michelle for your kind words that also inspire me. You're entered.
This is beautiful, Linda. Maybe it took a block to inspire such a creation. Congratulations on your blog anniversary. Please enter me in the drawing!
Congratulations on 2 years of blogging and sharing your lovely work with us! And yes, do enter me for this bright, warm ACEO painting! (I heard that we're going to have a long, bad winter, too - I hope the weather forecasters are wrong wrong wrong!!)
Please enter me in your contest. I love sunflowers! Your painting will help brighten the dark days of winter. Take care, Janet
Rhonda, Nancy and Janet, thank you; you're entered!
Hi Linda! I would love to add these beautiful flowers to my collection!
Good luck Marcia
Carrie loves your sunflowers and would love to be the proud owner of them! Keep on bloggin'! Good for you and good for the arts in Carlisle!
Congradulations Linda on your two years of blogging! I always look forward to your monthly newsletters. You are a great artist in so many ways! The painting is wonderful! Lisa H.
Hi Linda
This made me smile immediately- just gorgeous! Happy Thanksgiving, my friend!
wendy kitner
Carrie, Lisa H and Wendy. Thanks for your comments; I'm glad you like it. Good luck.
Linda, you are not only a GREAT friend but a very creative artist, who does very good paintings
Your friends
Tony & Darlene
Thank you Tony and Darlene, I've entered you also in my drawing.
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