End of summer

Painted in thick painterly strokes using brushes, palette knives and silicon blades and shapers.

Golden Hibiscus

I have been so busy painting and sketching other things, I forget how much I love painting flowers.  This Golden Hibiscus was for a commission.  I used 2 really fat brushes to paint this, which is a change for me considering I usually work with very small brushes and lots of layering and glazes.  This…

Blue Hibiscus

A bit of artistic license has been used in this painting as the instructions were very specific. It had to be a hibiscus, and it had to be blue. I certainly don’t have a blue hibiscus growing in my garden, and to be honest I am not even sure if there is such a cultivar….