Pink Roses in a Glass Bowl

These roses were on the table at the baby shower - see my post: "It's a Girl!" I couldn't resist painting them:

 Pink Roses in a Glass Bowl

Watercolour

175 x 265 mm

Friends Inspire

On her last visit to me, an old friend (younger than me, but we've known each other for years!) gave me this set of beautiful containers. They were such an inspiration to me that they found their way onto a painting:

Three Posies

Watercolour

295 x 210mm

"A friend loves at all times"

Prov 17:17

Petunia Pleasure

Inspired by a commission that I did last year, I am continuing to enjoy painting purple Petunias (Blue Lace, as they are aptly called), this time in a more simplistic way:

Pot of Purple Petunias II

Watercolour

165 x 200mm

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Petunia Face

Watercolour

110 x110mm

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The above designs will soon be available on greeting cards.

Mounted prints can also be ordered. (Contact me at ewade@absamail.co.za)  

A Dash of Red...

Inspired by red fruit and flowers, I have made a few still life paintings, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I did most of the painting in a direct way, in one sitting (per painting, that is!). For the strawberries I painted an intuitive, colourful undercoat in acrylic, and then did the oil paintings on top of that, letting some of the undercoat dictate the background as well as the composition. 

Peppadews from my Garden

Oil on stretched Canvas

403x300mm

Tree Tomatoes from my Garden

Oil on Stretched Canvas

403x300x15mm

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Strawberry Fantasy I and II

Oil on Stretched Canvas

200x200x37mm each

Janie's Roses

Oil on Stretched canvas

355x455x37mm

MORE FUN!

I started a series that I called "FUN FLOWERS" last year and have just recently completed two more paintings in the series:

Daisies in an African Pot (II)

Acrylic on Stretched Canvas - 505 x 405 x 15mm

Roses in a Copper Pot

Acrylic on Stretched Canvas - 505 x 405 x 15mm

Something that is not visible on the digital images, is that the paint was applied in an impasto manner, which adds a vivacious texture to the otherwise flat colour.

As an afterthought -  some dictionary meanings gleaned for "fun" :

1 : what provides amusement or enjoyment;

2 : a mood for finding or making amusement


Fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose. 
 
 
HAVE FUN!!
  

Flower Still Lifes FRAMED!

I received some paintings back from the framer today - quite exciting! So, here are the flower still lifes - framed!

And here is a basket of roses that I painted some time ago - framed.

(Oil on board, 285 x 280)

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Still Life with Flowers - Fun with colours

This is a fun project, which is still underway, but which has produced some artworks, and more are underway... My inspiration came from sketches that I did years ago - at school - probably in the Science Class(!) - to be precise!

I found them recently, scanned them in, and altered them digitally, which produced pictures like this:

From that, I started doing acrylics. Quite a number of them didn't produce the results that I anticipated. I am still busy with the process, but here are two that I am going to frame so long:

Fun Flower Studies I & II

Medium: Acrylic on Berkshire Mountboard

Size: 170x 125 mm

White Roses, Gold & Copper

Textures in gold and coppery colours, soft roses and bright white light contrast to create interest in these paintings done in collage & mixed media on stretched canvas. 225 x 305 mm each. Available from IMBIZO art Gallery, Lifestyle Centre, Ballito. (Click on image to enlarge.) Gold coloured paint, which isn't always visible as such on digital images, gives a lustre to the paintings in certain areas.