Tapestry

Makes Me Smile, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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What fun it was painting this Pansy and the tiny basket. 

We usually get the "Monet Mix" variety of pansies, this time we found some called "Tapestry" at Gulley's Garden Center that have a wide range of colors and patterns in the flowers. The thing I love about pansies is their hardiness throughout the winter and into next spring. If we have snow and ice, they slow down but always make a quick comeback. 

Pansy Basket

Sitting Pretty, 6 x 6 " oil on gessobord,  Fay Terry

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Tomorrow I'll be planting Pansies; we still have a couple of flats that have not made it into the garden yet.  This is a repost of one of my favorites from the past. I am so happy to be back in the studio after being away last week.

Camellia

Sitting Pretty, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

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This is the first Camellia painting of the season and there will be more to come.  All of ours are deep rose so maybe I can borrow some from one of my neighbors who has pale pink ones.

I'm off to the beach for the day to deliver some paintings and it's going to be sunny seventies.

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Sheltered

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

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Many of the flowers got frostbite and turned brown, but the Hydrangea bushes are snug up to the screen porch and they are still going strong. This pretty pear also has not been bitten but it is the last of my pears that I bought to paint and is just now getting ripe enough to eat.  I love all these blues and greens, and still having fun painting baskets. Up next? Camellias and more. 

 I have several commissions I am working on for Christmas so let me know if you have something you'd like me to paint for someone special (or maybe for yourself).

If you are interested in this painting and are local, I can deliver it to you and will change the paypal button to remove shipping charges. 

Plein Air In The Backyard

Fay Terry "STONE DOG", oil on 6x6" gessobord panel, ©2012

I liked Karen Werner's idea in a recent post. I decided to emulate her and paint in my own backyard which was so much more fun than packing everything up and driving to a spot to paint.

I started early this morning and it worked out well because it was in the mid eighties not long after I finished. This dog has been faithfully holding the basket for about fifteen years and is perched on a low brick wall beside some steps. These are some new and tiny little petunias that we found at Lowe's last week-end, said to be very drought resistant.