Archive for the 'Gardening for Art' Category

Purple Iris and Paintings

June 22nd, 2008

Spring is late and confused in Montana this year. Everything is about a month behind normal, if anything can be said to be normal these days. However, my purple irises are in peak bloom now.
The tubers were a gift from an artist friend. He had not divided his iris in years so they quit blooming […]

Gladiolas and Inspiration

November 8th, 2007

I happened to see a photo of a Priscilla Gladiolus nearly a year ago in a photo competition. I immediately knew I had to grow that wonderful flower.
The bloom has a spectacular blending of colors. Yellow is splashed on the lower petals blending into pale pinks and corals. Those pinks and corals become darker toward […]

Center of the Sun

March 27th, 2007

This painting is the visible apex of a multifaceted creative adventure. I painted it at a time my gardens were undergoing rapid expansion, particularly with thousands of my favorite poppies, those amazing Shirley poppies. These gardening projects were propelled by the energy processes I use on a daily basis. Both Reiki and the Perelandra nature […]

Flowers and Paintings

February 27th, 2007

I was still trying to paint the wood end walls of my new hoop house one morning when the poppies burst into bloom in my yard. It was summer and our art gallery was so busy I only had an hour or so at dawn to work on the painting project. I […]

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