Iris in the Greens - SOLD

Iris in the Greens
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
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A frilly garden princess.

American Iris 10 - SOLD

American Iris 10
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
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And this will be the last one, a good series, but now I'm anxious to get to some oils again.

American Iris 9 - SOLD

American Iris 9
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
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A mauve and blue iris for today.

American Iris 8 - SOLD

American Iris 8
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 12" x 12"
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I was able to get this one done today, pretty much all day, but I've been listening to "sermons" or messages from the fine pastors at Covenant Life Church, such an inspiration, and it makes the painting time go by fast.
(From the home page, go to resources, and you can pick and choose by pastor, topic, series, scripture...)

Anyway, this one is from the same reference I used the other day, but larger this time.

American Iris 7 - SOLD

American Iris 7
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
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I'm pretty happy with this one.
I like the bits of orange, and the touches of gouache for the white fringes.

American Iris 6 - SOLD

American Iris 6
Watercolor on Arches Paper,10" x 10"
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Another iris for today.

American Iris 5 - SOLD

American Iris 5
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
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Didn't this one turn out nicely?
I like how the white pops against the dark colors, even though there really isn't much white left here.
Hope you all are having a blessed Easter weekend.

American Iris 4 - SOLD

American Iris 4
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10"x 10"
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I decided that since there was so much color already in this one, that I would leave the background as the white paper. Fun to use the oranges, pinks, and mauve's together.

American Iris 3 - SOLD

American Iris 3
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 10" x 10"
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Detail (Close Up) Below:

Oh, I'm happy with this one. I took a lot of time, and went gently with the glazing.
I wanted a lighter iris this time around. I was a little worried about using the yellow and blue in the forward petal (yikes, green) but with the addition of the lavender, it worked out okay.

American Iris 2 - SOLD

American Iris 2
Watercolor on Arches paper, 10" x 10"
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Another in the Iris series. This one a bit larger than yesterday's.

American Iris 1 - SOLD

American Iris 1
Watercolor on Arches Paper, 8" x 8"
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The American Iris Society has a lovely blog, where I found a treasure trove of beautiful iris photos. Which of course, suggests a series, and I decided on squares. This one is an 8" x 8".

Iris Emerging - SOLD

Iris Emerging
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 10" x 10"
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This size canvas just seemed to call for one single flower. What better than an iris?

"Radiant Orchid" Iris Twist

"Radiant Orchid" Iris Twist
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 12" x 12"
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"Radiant Orchid" is the Pantone color of our challenge in DPW this week. I saw it and immediately thought "IRIS!" I mixed a puddle and thought I had it matched fairly well, but adding purples and magenta and white to model the form, I lost the pure color in most spots. Still in all, I'm pretty happy with this one, soft and twisty.

You can see the challenge entries here.