Springtime Ahead

Poppy Season, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

I love poppies and they are frequently planted along North Carolina highways. This is one flower that I really want to grow in my garden but the seeds must be planted in the fall so I missed the timing for Poppies in 2013.  I'll have to get them started next fall.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this painting from a photo I took several years ago in Italy.

This is painting number thirty for Leslie Saeta's painting challenge that began on January 2nd, which means:  I did it! I made it, and I loved doing it.  Thank you, Leslie, for inspiring so many artists to work so hard.

I will continue painting and posting every day even though this great January event is ending today.

Lots of new painting ideas are already on my list for February so please visit often to see my latest work.

Thank you for your interest in my art!

Fill The Vase

Fill The Vase

This is the time of year that I like to have flowers in vases all through the house. There is much to choose from right now with so many things blooming in the garden. Tomorrow I want to paint outdoors and find some Wisteria to paint, but there is rain in the forecast, so we'll see.

6 x 6 in. oil on panel

Tulip Interiors

Tulip Interiors  SOLD

Yesterday my son Hampton, and his wife Kim, brought me a pot of tulips in

bud.  By today they were wide open, and I could not believe they went from

bud to such fullness in one day.  Now I realize it was warm in the kitchen causing them

to show their glorious interior colors.  I find it amazing that now as the sun goes down

and it has cooled off, they have closed back up. 

What fun to watch!

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel

Single Pansy

Single Pansy

6 x 6"

The pansies are now being

joined by other flowers beginning

to bloom in the yard.

They are still the stars of the show-

just wait til the azaleas come out!