After I'd convinced Judy Dahl to take a break from barns to give painting irises a whirl, we spent yesterday on her patio doing just that ...
With our little trailer, Bill and I took a five week road trip to Maryland and back. This recent travel gave us a splendid jump on summer. Loving irises as I do, and knowing what marvelous painting subjects they are, I delighted in photographing any we happened to find on our journey across the continent.
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| Claresholm irises |
The day after our return, on my way to the garage to fetch my bicycle, I photographed the irises blooming in our garden. Rather than take the camera back into the house, I put it in my pocket for the ride. After chasing irises across the USA, imagine my delight at finding many Claresholm gardens presenting a fabulous assortment right here in our own town!
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| In the beginning .... |
Just to make things more complicated, I decided we should paint the shape of the purple and white iris using the colours of the lavender/fuchsia/burgundy one.
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| Judy takes her face painting seriously! |
In case you're wondering, Judy and I did swap places at the table!
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| Latin Lovely 6" x 8" oil framed $175. |
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| Photographing irises at the Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington, Kentucky |
Stay tuned, and please check back for more iris paintings!
I do love your iris paintings!!! I was too busy to get around to Dashwood Manor to photograph their irises this year but I have passed a house that has some divine rust and yellow ones. Now I just have to try and remember where those were. LOL
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Sharlene. I expect the irises have come and gone in Victoria, when here they are only just in their prime!
DeleteGorgeous, gorgeous painting, Alice, and I LOVE Judy's face painting job almost as much as her iris! What a marvelous day you had yesterday - thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Win!
DeleteJudy had paint on her face multiple times during the day, but she had cleaned up for the photo ... but hey I know how to use PhotoShop! She also had it all over her sweater, arms, the chair. Brian was right to inside we not use the chairs with the nice cushions!