Cactus Flowers

“Cactus Flowers”
11” x 14”
Unframed - Oil on prepared Masonite
Available at $430.
Laura Marie Anderson © November 20, 2006

The “Cactus Flowers” is another painting that I have not been satisfied with. Today I repainted it, also. Actually I applied many glazes of different colors trying to achieve these rich colors. I this painting is finished.

"Flowers" Day 2

“Flowers”
10”x8”
Unframed - Oil on prepared Masonite
Laura Marie Anderson © January 3, 2007

The flowers have begun to wilt; so much of this additional color is just made up, as one might deal with an abstract painting. I was painting this for the Carbon County Arts Guild February Flowers show; it doesn’t seen good enough to even leave my house. I am a strange moody painter. If I were in the mood to paint flowers, if this were my idea, the spark of passion would be there. Since it is another’s idea, it lacks passion – emotion - spark. Tomorrow I am planning on starting a 22”x28” of Broadwater Pond.

"Flowers" Day 1

“Flowers” Day 1
10”x8”
Unframed - Oil on prepared Masonite
Laura Marie Anderson © January 2, 2007

I worked on this today after a holiday break. It is hard to get back into the swing of thing. The colors started to mix and make muddy colors to I have stopped for today. I am trying to loosen up my style. What a challenge. We’ll see how that goes.

Hibiscus

“Hibiscus”
6” x 8”
Unframed - Oil on Linen on Board
Available at $100.
Laura Marie Anderson © November 12, 2006

The first time I saw this flower was at Treasure Harbor in the Florida Keys. Pam and Pete Anderson are the owners of this wonderful marina. While staying on one of there beautiful ships Pam made everything special. Each day in the breezeway there were several of these beautiful flowers resting in a fresh bowl of water. I commented to her that I thought they were too beautiful to pick and she told me that they only live for 24 hours so we might as well enjoy them.
Now living in Montana, one would think that these sun lovers would be hard to come by, but I found a plant at a local nursery this past summer and brought it home to the mountains. It is only about two and a half feet high, but produces a flower every now and again. The last time it blossomed I mistakenly thought, I’ll have to paint that one tomorrow. By the next day it was dying, limp and shriveled.

As I was painting this today I thought about the idea of what if we only had one more day to live, how would we spend it? If we could be beautiful and vibrant for only one day, would we reach towards the sun and thank God for the opportunity to beautify his world?

Flowers

Old

“Flowers”
20” x 16”
Unframed - Oil on Canvas
Available at $600.
Laura Marie Anderson © November 2, 2006

One of my, against the wall, paintings. I decided to rework this one. This one had such potential; I couldn’t resist taking it to the other side. I started this painting while the flowers were fresh and finished it when they were nothing but a memory.