One yellow blossom #261

Daily painting #261. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

These yellow rose heads have opened up into full heavy blossoms and they will probably only last another day or so until the petals start to drop.....so into my studio one last time!

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Three matches and a happy Dad #260

Daily painting #260. 4"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

Today was Father's Day and Fathers Day in our house just wouldn't be a celebration unless of course my husband was able to celebrate in typically South African fashion with a braai. For those of you new to my blog a braai is South African version of a barbecue only no gas barbecues.....the cooking has to happen over hot coals and flame! My husband loves nothing better than to crack open an ice cold beer, stoke up his fire and toss and turn and nibble off of the meat cooking over the coals. So yesterday in celebration of Fathers Day the charcoal was out, the matches laying about and the fire was roaring.....and we had a happy Dad! I hope all the special Daddy's out there had an awesome day too....!! We love you madly Andrew Shedlock and I am so grateful for everything you bring to our little family. You are a wonderful role model to our kids and your love is immeasurable....thank you!

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Yellow roses #259

Daily painting #259. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

Something different....I don't normally choose yellow roses if I am going to buy them for home but these are quite pretty!  

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Winter glow #258

Daily painting #258. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel 

Another beautiful glowing winter evening sky! The warm glow in the sky defying the chill that is in the air....

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Winter aloe flowers #257

Daily painting #257. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

Winter time and all the aloes are starting to flower and burst with color. Such beautiful succulents that just add a bit of fiery brightness to winter gardens....they really are beautiful! The studio I use for Art classes is outside my main home. Close to this studio there is a patch of sloping garden which had become a sandpit for my dogs! They had dug up every blade of grass and loved nothing better than to send clods of muddy sand through the studio windows as they dug tunnels to goodness only knows where! Well in an attempt to end their sport of digging and save the muddy bank from landing up in my studio when the September October rains arrive, we have planted some hardy aloes in the area with a few prickly ones to try teach the dogs to avoid this area. A few of them have been dug up already and some of the smaller ones simply trampled over but a few really hardy ones have stood their ground and this week 2 of them have burst into flower....yippee!!!! Hopefully by next winter the area will be a mass of orange fiery flowers....and no dogs! But of course the dogs have found a new place to dig......(sigh!!!!)

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Facing south #256

Daily painting #256. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

Durban winter skyline....facing south at 4 pm. Loving this chilly (not so chilly unless you live in Durban) weather.....and with it comes the most amazing light, gentle warm sunshine and stunning skies!

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Protea #255

Daily painting #255. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

Not the usual tone of protea that I buy, but this week I felt like something different...... I hope you like it as much as I do! I think I will be buying this color protea more often I actually really like it!

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