Roses Oval

While I was working on garden paintings this spring, I was inspired to tackle "the oval" yet again.  I have pulled this canvas out and worked it at least 4 or 5 times and then put it away again.   I've never been quite happy with this oval floral.

The pink roses version shown was the first try.   Ironically, this was probably the best one.  The roses sit nicely within the curved shape - but I didn't recognize that back then.  The subsequent versions (which I didn't take pictures of) gradually filled up the space and the roses got bigger.  This white roses version is finally the rendering I have settled on.   I do like the addition of the bees and the warm translucent shadows of the white rose petals.

And to prove that I'm done, I'm showing it framed. :)

White Roses Oval

Pink Rose Oval - Painted Over

Frontage

 I recently painted the frontage view of my house.   It served as a warm up for the Garden Tour paint out that was taking place the following week.   I was most interested with mixing up the best greens for late June and I figured the nearby garden where I would paint was be similar.    The color of the greens was where the similarity stopped!   It was a glorious expansive garden.

This is a kidney shaped bed that has an old (not visible) tree stump in the middle of it.   We created this planting bed after the tree fell in a storm.   We opted to be lazy and just build up the soil around it and plant some shrubs.   My lamppost and planter frame the entrance to the driveway and it will always be that way.  :)

Frontage