Floral Beauty in the Home and IRichyouNot .com...

 FLOWER PAINTINGS

A few days ago a great patron in Indiana purchased a small print of Color Swirl. Color Swirl is one of my favorite Dream paintings and I thought it would be good to blog about flowers and how great floral paintings look in a home setting.

The great thing about my floral paintings for homes is all the color accents I put into them.  I mostly paint wildflowers so there is a pleasing mixture of warm and cool colors in a field of green.  One of my most popular floral arrangements is Wildflower Current.  The continual modulation of color would enhance any home or office setting.

Patrons are always comparing my work to Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Paul Cezanne.  All three artists were colorists and most of their artistic communication is about the wonderful world of color.


LIFE WITH THE BIRD AND WORD MAN

My husband, Clyde Kessler, is always cracking me up with some sort of word play.  He is having quite a lot of success publishing his poetry lately and is always at his naturalist endeavors.

The other day we were talking about all the additions we are practically forced to buy to keep our computer updated and our software working right.  He said it wouldn't surprise him if one day he came across a site with the address IRichYouNot.com. that we have to buy from.

FLOWER FACTS

 Golden seal has been used to cure hemmorhoids, skin eruptions, and dyspepsia.

Indian Paintbrush seeds are so tiny, you can plant a whole acre with several handfuls.  There are 1 million seeds in a pound.

The pioneers called coriopsis tickseed.  They put it in their beds to keep out bedbugs, ticks, and other pests.

Stargrasses were once used to ease chills, fevers, and the pains of colic.  It was mixed with whiskey or brandy which may have been the real source of the cure.

The floral sheath of Skunk Cabbage is so intense that is thaws frozen earth and melts a circle in snow.

Yarrow contains a chemical that speeds the formation of blood clots.  It is said that this was discovered by the Greek hero Achilles.



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I Knew That Would Not Last and If There Were an Award...

When I started my latest painting I tried going back to a more traditional approach  using very thin layers and not letting the brushwork show.  Every once in a while I do that at the beginning of a painting and then decide it isn't me so I pile the paint on with expressive brush strokes .  I am very pleased with the energy in this painting.  I was listening to David Garrett's cross over version of Vivaldi's Summer and I think I captured that bursting expression that is in the music.  It is no wonder I entitled it "Tulip Dance".

My husband and I try to look reasonably put together when we go out but in our home we dress in clothes people probably wouldn't even give to Good Will.  My favorite pair of pants has a few holes, splotches of paint, and balloon out in the back.  My favorite shirt is baggy and has a hole in the shoulder with some other kind of stains.  My husband has a stained,  baggy shirt I doubt anyone would be caught dead in and the pants are a saggy mess.  If there were an award for worst dressed couple in a home environment, we would win it hands down.  My husband said he would beat out homeless people that haven't had a bath for ten years. 

Sold Another Painting and You have the Wrong Number

I am so pleased to sell another original oil painting to a great patron in Morganton NC. It is such a wonderful experience to mail artwork out of my studio. Painting is my life and people that purchase one of my paintings are getting a part of me. Visual art is such an intense means of communication. I try to promote the good things in life with my work and "Flower Field" is one of my favorite paintings for reasons that I can't explain. Sometimes the colors and textures come together in an especially sensuous way that makes all of my efforts worthwhile.

My husband has a cell phone that he doesn't use. He just has it for emergencies but has to add minutes every three months to keep the service. He has 500 minutes and will probably just keep adding to that number. He can't understand why cell phones have become so popular. If a lot of people started to try to contact him by cell phone, this is the message he would like to put on it.

You have reached the wrong number. Even if you think you have the right number you are wrong. Bye.

He would never really do this. He is one of the most diplomatic people I have ever met but at heart he is a curmudgeon.

Sometimes I Play and am I being Silly to Ask?

I work very hard at my paintings and usually have a clear objective for each one but sometimes I just want to play with the colors and see what comes up. My most recent upload is an example of one of those works. I started with a flower motif and then let the colors and textures happen until I thought it was a good visual experience. There is nothing like oil paint to me. Sometimes I enjoy working in pastels but my medium is oils. I hope I die with a brush in my hand. Painting is my life.

Am I being silly to ask if Congress could greatly reduce the debt if everything were cut a small amount? That way no one could scream about being cut out. I'm sure even the military has some pork that could be reduced. I certainly am not advocating any harm to defense but I'll bet there are some things that could be cut out without putting our country at risk. Seems to me this would be the thing to do in a Democracy, but I am not a politician, just a worried individual.