Protea #228

Daily painting #228. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

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I haven't painted any proteas in a while because I haven't bought any recently ...which is most unlike me! But yesterday our local florist had an amazing variety of proteas in buckets all over the shop...all different shapes, sizes, colors, textures.....ooooohhhh....I felt like a kid in a candy store with so much choice! 

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"Lollipop, lollipop #227"

Daily painting #227 4"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

My husband has been on a trip down memory lane playing golden oldie songs to the kids! Of course he has been singing along and bopping to them and the kids have been looking on in horror wondering what dinosaur age Dad crept out of....you get the picture right? Well today when I sat down to paint this gorgeous red lollipop (in South Africa they are generally referred to as a 'sucker'), I couldn't help but start to sing the tune of "Lollipop, lollipop/oh lollie, lollie, lollie...." .....a real golden oldie pop song which was definitely way before my time but a catchy tune all the same! The problem is I have not been able to get the repetitive lyrics and catchy tune out of my head all day and so once this blog post is written, I am putting this little daily painting into the furthest corner (out of sight) of my studio to dry in the hopes that out of sight, out of mind.....! No more lollipops for a while I think....they are detrimental to my sanity!

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Bath time #226

 Daily painting #226. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

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It has been a long time since one of these little yellow rubber ducks were floating in the bathtubs in my house but if you are a regular reader you will know how nostalgic I am and so this little guy is still around (some call it nostalgia ....my husband calls it being a hoarder....unable to throw anything away....take your pick). I actually found him in my studio and have painted him before for a piece that was in an exhibition dealing with the object and belonging. I couldn't resist painting him again this morning....I mean who doesn't have fond childhood memories of yellow rubber ducks and bath time? Or maybe you associate a yellow duck with Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman whose 54 foot high bright yellow inflatable artwork made its way through harbors throughout the world! Either way it is amazing how an image can speak universally despite the language you use....images are more powerful than words (apologies to all you amazing writers out there....this is a personal opinion and no offense intended!) 

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Breakfast time #225

Daily painting #225. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

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I have a bird feeder hanging outside my bedroom. It has been hung high up, out of the reach of my cats! The birds however are messy eaters and there is always a scattering of seeds that fall onto the floor below....and always one brave bird that decides to avoid the crowd sitting in the feeder to feast on the breakfast scatterings on the floor below! I say brave because my cats favorite sport in the mornings is to stalk the bird feeder even though he cannot reach it! For now the brave little feeders are too quick for him although they provide him with much amusement....but I dread the day his stealth outwits them!

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Happy Mothers Day #224

Daily painting #224. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

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A bunch of roses.....dedicated to all the mums out there that will be celebrating Mothers Day in South Africa tomorrow! May your Sunday be full of special memories and may you be surrounded by special people! Happy Mothers Day! 

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Rose and a white jug #223

Daily painting #223. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

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The weather has started to cool down a bit. Well, cool down by Durban standards....the temperatures for this week were between 24 and 29 degrees Celsius which for some may be summer weather but for us it is considerably cooler! Cooler weather means that the roses in a vase indoors are starting to last a little longer. They are actually having the time to open up into full blooms before wilting off ....this is good if you are wanting to paint them! Or at least practice painting them....I don't think painting roses, beautiful roses that is, will ever be easy....but I will keep practicing!

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Little pink shoe #222

Daily painting #222  6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

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Nostalgia....a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time (Oxford Dictionary)

Such a simple little object ...a shoe....and yet it has the ability to evoke such emotion in me.....

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