Little Pink Roses

One morning my neighbor stopped by to give me two very small rose buds she had picked on her walk.  The rose buds had no leaves, just two inch stems.  I looked for a small container for them.  The best I could find was a glass bowl about four inches in diameter.  I put the bowl with the rose buds on my table and watched them for several days as they gradually opened up.  Each day I recorded their development with my camera.  I used the roses in full bloom for the painting above.

Lavender Daisies

This is another small painting.  The image dimensions are ten inches by fourteen inches.  Framed in silver it measures sixteen inches by twenty inches.  I have found that a small size does not necessarily mean it can be done quickly.  The daisies had many petals to be coaxed to life.

"Rose Parade"

Shortly after posting "A Rose Bouquet", I painted another composition of roses.  The source for the new rose painting was just a different view of the same Mother's Day bouquet. The roses in "Rose Parade" are in front of a large window facing a deck. They seem to be bobbing and preening in the bright sunny day.