Smoke Signals

I always like to burn incense in my studio when I start a new painting,

it helps me focus  -  at this point the table is looking better than the painting !

As seed heads ripen and leaves slowly change colour, plants take on the golden glow

of late summer  -  and just occasionally there's whiff of autumn in the air  .....

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Cherry and Rose

Wild cherry leaf, prematurely turning to autumnal bronze - wild cherries -

green rose hip and seeds  .....

Rosa moyesii  -  maturing rose hips and flower.

This is a garden rose, native to western China  .....

Cultivated cherries  .....

                                                               Student painting !   


" Still life with Cherries "

This was painted when I was a first year art student
 in an early experiment with oil paints .


On the day I remember clearly that I thought I was doing quite well .
My tutor stood rather intimidatingly behind me for a few minutes, then said ,
" Hum, I think you need to improve on your technique " and walked off !
I've recently retrieved the painting from our attic. Looking at it now, decades later
I entirely aggree with the comment .  Photographing it has brought it into the present
and I'm pleased and surprised to see an energy there which continues in
my current work .


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Summer Bouquet

My grandmother's silver rose bowl instantly brings back
happy memories of her beautiful garden   .....

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Petal Boats

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Roses

Stylised rose in Jason Jon's  oil painting   " Flower Garden "

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Daisies

" Daisy"  -   painting  by Meg Watson   .....

Wild daisies just keep on blooming   .....

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Windfall

Battered and bruised, they fall to the ground  .....

These were chosen for colour and pattern  .....

Buddleia leaf looking like a canoe  - ready to float  .....

The Angels are by     Phoebe Anna Traquair     




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Fading Hydrangea Blooms

Autumnal still life lying around in my studio   .....

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Peonies and Dancers

Lustre glaze ceramic bowl by Margery Clinton  (1931-2005)

Margery became a specialist in lustre glazes as a result of research done at the Royal College of Art in the 1970s.  An inventory of her recipes and research is now held in the National Library of Scotland .....

Looking at these fading peony petals I see dance costumes  .....

Dancers by Edgar Degas (1834-1917)  .....

Dancer and Peony petals  .....



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Images 7,8,9.10: Degas  -  source Wikipedia

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Good-bye Tulips

Brave new world  ....  good luck little fledgling!

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