Latest Flower Paintings

Recently I found 24x18in plastic sheets at a nearby paint store. They were advertised as a surface to try out wall paint samples, so I knew they would work with my acrylic paints. They were the perfect surface to pack on our end of season trip to Matinicus Island, Maine because they're thick and not a bit fragile. With the rental season over, I was able to relax and set up my paints while my husband did maintenance projects.

At first I continued with the outlined style of flowers I started making in December. But then, while cleaning off my brushes at the end of one day, this painting happened. It's very different from the others but it gave me the tingly feeling I get when I like something a lot. I posted it on my Instagram and Facebook stories and was happy how many people liked it. Today Art3Gallery in Manchester, NH chose it for display.

For the rest of my time in Maine, I played with the same method of scooping up wet paint with the edge of plastic cards or pieces of cardboard and spreading it loosely, letting the colors combine on their own.

Back in New Hampshire, and out of the plastic paper, I continued with two paintings on leftover rosin paper from a construction project. (You can see the wrinkles in the rosin paper paintings in the photos, but I ironed the backs after these photos were taken and they smoothed right out.) Rosin paper needs a protected glass or plastic cover when framed. Plastic paper does not, so I purchased ten more sheets of the plastic and am continuing this series.

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(The yellow flower painting can also be found at Art3Gallery. Contact me for the others.)