Beautiful, toxic flowers abound in the plant kingdom. Many are very familiar garden varieties that many folks would never suspect as being dangerous. They appear in bouquets in our homes, …
Tropical Paradise
4’x8′ watercolor Tropical Paradise is the largest painting I’ve ever done. It’s 4 feet wide by 8 feet long, and filled with tropical plants, birds and butterflies. It was done …
Summer ’90
22×30 watercolor A profusion of summer garden flowers! I painted this floral watercolor in the summer of 1990. I only used flowers from my garden, but they weren’t all blooming at …
Orchids in Blue
15×22 watercolor This watercolor of cymbidium orchids was inspired from live plants. I began by sketching orchids growing in a half-barrel planter in my yard. I took a few photos to …
Red Petals
30×22 pastel “Red Petals” is a blown-up view of intensely red gerbera daisy flower petals. I chose the dark green as a background color to offset the red, which is so very …
Two Dragons
22×30 pastel These two red dragons are, of course, snapdragons. At this size, though, with their odd faces and manes, they reminded me more of some type of mythical, floral …
Purple Majesty
22×30 pastel A purple iris bloomed in my front garden. Such a purple! It was incredibly rich, deep and velvety. I wanted to capture that color. It took many different …
Purple Lisianthus
22×30 watercolor The first time I ever grew a purple lisianthus in my garden, I was amazed at how beautiful it was. I tried to capture the essence of it …
Violet Jade Gems
22×30 watercolor This lovely purple orchid plant was a birthday gift from my parents one year. I knew the flowers wouldn’t last forever, and I probably wouldn’t be able to …
Mandavilla Magic
22×30 pastel A mandavilla vine grows on my garden wall. I chose to use pastels for this painting to take advantage of the saturation of pigment in that medium. There …
Two Faces: Pansy & Geranium
24×30 oil pastel This large close-up focuses on the intricacies and “faces” of two flowers from the garden- a pansy and a geranium blossom. Published in Floral Birthday Calendar by Carlina …
Rose
9×12 watercolor I painted this rose watercolor as a demonstration for an art class when my daughter was in high school.