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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Poppies on My Wall

One of my New Year's resolutions is to rekindle my artistic fire and create some beautiful artwork. My first project is to paint a picture for my living room. It will be a large painting of poppies. Poppies are my favorite flower to paint; they are delicate, colorful and full of whimsy and magic. Just what I need right now.

In my research I've found some lovely pieces of art for inspiration:


















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7 comments:

  1. Craig Edwards7:23 PM, January 25, 2012

    Those were lovely! Now I want to go out amongst them and lay down...so sleepy...let me sleep, lion...scarecrow, make him let me sle...

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  2. Lynda R Young as Elle Cardy8:26 PM, January 25, 2012

    oh wow, I love these poppie pictures. They are gorgeous.

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  3. E. Miller3:23 AM, January 26, 2012

    reKINDLE your FIRE? :-) Seriously, though, kudos! I go through fits of that, too. I really like the last image!

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  4. Luana Krause9:36 AM, January 26, 2012

    Craig: Of course the Witch would use poison poppies to thwart Dorothy and her friends. They are "attractive to the eye and soothing to the smell."

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  5. Luana Krause9:37 AM, January 26, 2012

    Lynda: They make me smile. So lovely...

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  6. Luana Krause9:38 AM, January 26, 2012

    Elizabeth: LOL. I had no idea...!

    I like abstract and realism...now to decide what I want to paint...decisions decisions.

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  7. Zelda9:57 AM, January 26, 2012

    Ooooh! Poppies! So pretty. Nice blog post!

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