Friday, November 15

Frost Finale


Title: Frost Finale
Size: 7 x 10
Watercolor on paper
for sale $75

The last bouquets before frost are so grand.
Are they a fireworks, a funereal tribute to the season, simply an abundant last chance,
or a source of faith that Spring will come again?

This one contains Sheffield Mums, Cosmos, and Scabiosa.

In a National Geographic Articleauthored by Michael Klesisus, he writes that  flowers first appeared over 130 millions years ago, during the Cretaceous period. In geologic times, this is relatively recent.
He goes on to say that” if all Earth’s history were compressed into an hour, flowering plants would exist for only the last 90 seconds. But once they took firm root about 100 million years ago, they swiftly diversified in an explosion of varieties that established most of the flowering plant families of the modern world.”
- See more at: http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=25339#sthash.VkiJXKeY.dpuf.
“Today flowering plant species outnumber by twenty to one those of ferns and cone-bearing trees, or conifers, which had thrived for 200 million years before the first bloom appeared. As a food source flowering plants provide us and the rest of the animal world with the nourishment that is fundamental to our existence. In the words of Walter Judd, a botanist at the University of Florida, “If it weren’t for flowering plants, we humans wouldn’t be here.” - See more at: http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=25339#sthash.uupuyKVi.dpuf

Tuesday, November 12

pear for nancy miller


Title: pear for nancy miller
pastel on paper
Size 32 x 24

This pear is a tribute to my pastel teacher, Nancy Miller. A gifted artist, she died tragically two years ago. The pear was a life long study of hers.

And just so you don't think life is all flowers and no fruits.
Happy eleven twelve thirteen, thanks for viewing.

#pear #pastel #fruit #Nancy Miller

Friday, November 8

just becosmos


just becosmos
7 x 7
watercolor on paper
for sale
contact info@amajoy.net


The joy, the song, of summer!
They float tall and delicate, abundant, until the first night of frost.

Tuesday, November 5

Marry Golds and Batchelor Buttons

Title: Marry Golds and Batchelor Buttons
Size: 10 x 7
Watercolor on Paper

The last flowers before frost are so colorful!

Sunday, April 7

NG gazing



My wonderful younger nephew gazing at the camera.
6 x 8 watercolor on paper.

Monday, January 28

moving day

Title: moving day
Size: 7.5 x 7
watercolor on paper

Its so much work to move, but once it's done, everyone is happier in the new place, even the houseplants!

Sunday, January 27