Sheep in Winter - Give Away!

I recently read about Pete Johnson, a organic farmer from Vermont who lost his entire barn to a fire. Through Juniper Moon Farm a fund raiser is being held, with some lovely prizes to be had. I've decided to include this little painting to the list. So if you would like to help out, or just a chance to enter, you can find the details on the Juniper Moon blog.

The painting is a small watercolor, that I recently completed. It was inspired by my drives through the Pennsylvania back roads, specifically one that goes by a beautiful farm (which I constantly fantasize about owning ) which has a large flock of beautiful sheep.

Title: Sheep in Winter

Size: 5"x5"

Medium: Watercolor on paper

*Enter to win*

Zacchaeus' Ladder

For once I have a painting that is very appropriate to my blog title. I've been working on this sycamore for a few weeks now and am pleased with how it turned out. I have to say that this painting is one of those that always calls one back, so I'm hard pressed to say that its done.

I've already played with hanging it all through the house and I am quite happy, its a very social painting and really lights up any room its in. My theory is that trees in general seem to do so.

I found this sycamore on one of my walks on a street which is lined with very old sycamores and they are just beautiful, especially at sunset when the upper branches are lit with a golden light. This one caught my eye because it is so twisted and oddly shaped, also it looks as if someone could just climb right up. Hence the title of the work.

Title: Zacchaeus' Ladder

Size: 24"x36"

Medium: oil on canvas

Lady Slipper Orchids

Title: Lady Slippers

Size: 11"x15"

Medium: Watercolor and color pencil

Orchid Work

Preview of a project I've been working on. I was inspired by the orchid room in Longwood Gardens, I overheard a guide telling her group that it takes 9,000 plants to keep the room looking as it does year round. That my friends is a lot of orchids.

A Dash of Red

My Amaryllis has bloomed and decided to lean on my "Purple Cabbage" painting (fortunately the painting is framed under glass) giving it a dash of red, which I found very pretty.

Tangled

A whimsical addition to the bulb series. I've had this painting in my head for a while now and I finally got a chance to put it down on paper.

I think this one was inspired in part by all my ogling of bulbs this winter. Especially the displays at Longwood Gardens and the giant barrels full at Terrain.

Size: 9.5"x11"

Medium: watercolor and color pencil on paper

Available

Amaryllis Bulb

New painting in my series of bulbs. This one is an amaryllis bulb just beginning to come out.

Medium: watercolor and color pencil

Size: 11"x15"

Available

A Beginning