FLOWER SHOP VI

FLOWER SHOP VI

Framed, 5x7, oil on canvas covered board

framed has a rich mahogany finish

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These beautiful flower shop paintings

are a 

series

Choose one 

or 

more

FLOWER SHOP IV

FLOWER SHOP IV

5x7 oil on canvas covered board

frame has a rich mahogany finish

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When you visit your relatives or friends

first

visit the flower shop

Take flowers 

OR 

small paintings  as a gift

Flower Shop I

"FLOWER SHOP I"

 oil on canvas covered board, 5x7, frame has a mahogany finish.

I love painting series, and I love painting flowers.  In the past my flowers were very often close up individual ones.  I still have a few of those available on my website at www.carolhopper.com.  

For several months I have been painting smaller, more affordable works of art and transitioning to more fields of flowers or in this case, flower markets.  While in Norway recently, I fell in love with the ubiquitous flower stalls and shops.

This painting is framed and ready to hang.

"BLUE SKY DONUT" Day Thirty of "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge"

                "BLUE SKY DONUT"
               4x4 mini on canvas board

Blue Sky Donut
4x4 mini on canvas board
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Tomorrow I will post a collage of all thirty paintings.  This has been a fun month after I got into the groove.  How I stumbled on painting pastries I have no idea.  Perhaps because I got sugar addicted?

     TIME FOR THE GIVEAWAY NOW

I love this part of the challenge too as I "gift" my paintings to winners.  After September's challenge I gave one away.  This time I will give away TWO paintings 6x8 or under!  Winners choice. You are automatically entered in the drawing in three ways and all ways give you a chance so triple up.

 1: Comment on this blog today or tomorrow 1/31.
 2: Subscribe to the blog.  When you subscribe you will get an email asking you to confirm your request so look for the email.
 3:  Add yourself to "Friend Connect".

Send mini with greeting card

Display minis on tabletop easels

"Heart Cookie Cutters" Day Twenty-Nine in the "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge

"Heart Cookie Cutters"

6x8 oil on museum quality board

This is a wonderful painting for a kitchen or eating area, for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel.  My husband calls me a "hottie" so I know he loves me so think: love, Valentines Day, sweets, celebrations.  Be kind to those in your life.  I know how wonderful it is as I get cards from my honey on every possible occasion.

Heart Cookie Cutters
6x8 oil on museum quality board
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WATCH FOR THE GIVE-AWAY TOMORROW
YOU CAN WIN

'FLOWER POPS", Day Twenty-Eight of Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge

"Flower Pops"
10x10, oil on museum quality board
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 'FLOWER POPS"
10x10, unframed, oil on museum quality board

Color, color and more color.  The challenge of the thirty paintings continued my December commitment to paint from life for a while.

Somehow I got started on pastries and sweets and it has gotten to the point when I enter the donut shop, I see the workers turn to the side with a smirk.  I see it.  They think I don't.  I know what they think (oh yes, I do):   "Here's that crazy lady that is hooked on sweets but tells us she is painting these sugar laden treats.  And now I have to look through every one to pick out the PERFECT one."

OK…the 30 in 30 challenge is almost over.  They'll miss me at the shop, that is if I can stop going.  And you dear reader won't be getting a daily blog from me.  Will you miss me too?

"STRAWBERRY FIELD DONUT", Day Twenty-Seven of "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days" challenge

"Strawberry Field Donut"
4x4 oil on canvas board
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"STRAWBERRY FIELD DONUT", unframed, 4x4 mini, oil on canvas board, suitable for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel or putting in a greeting card as a small gift.  I think this would be great in a Valentine to your love.

Scroll back through my blog and tell me which of the cupcakes or donuts is your favorite.  I would love your comments.  Tell me too: if you painted cupcakes and donuts, would you eat them afterwards?

CHOCOLATE ON CHOCOLATE, Day Twenty-Six of the Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge

Chocolate on Chocolate
5x5 oil on canvas covered board
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"Chocolate on Chocolate" 5x5, unframed,  oil on canvas covered board, suitable for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel.


I promise you this painting will look terrific displayed in your kitchen or eating area.  It is very textural, a palette knife painting.  The donut was delectable, my second promise.

"WINE GLASS IN BLUE", Day Twenty-five of the Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge

Wine Glass in Blue
8x6 oil on museum quality canvas
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 "Wine Glass in Blue", unframed, 8x6, oil on museum quality board.

This was a fun painting; it reminded me of the Dutch Painter Vermeer as often he included a wine glass with his figures, though I am sure Vermeer had a devilish look in his eyes as the wine had a seductive purpose.   Well, I am no Vermeer so my work is 100% different.

This painting was done using both a palette knife and a brush.  I love the reflection in the glass as well as on the wall behind.

LEMON WITH SUGAR, Day Twenty-Four of Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days

Lemon with Sugar
4x4 oil on canvas board
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What a hoot I have been having painting 

these tiny and tasty paintings:

 cupcakes and donuts. 

 This donut is light as a feather and tastes like a
lemon meringue pie.

These tiny paintings are suitable for
framing
displaying on a tabletop easel
or tucking in an greeting card as a gift.

See painting size as compared to greeting card

TULIPS WITH MUMS, Day Twenty-Three of Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge

Tulips and Mums
8x8 oil on Gessobord
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TULIPS WITH MUMS
8x8, oil on Gessobord, unframed

This is a very happy painting, rich with color and vibrancy.  It has a lovely finish as the painting is done on Gessobord, one of my most favorite surfaces.

DONUT WITH SPRINKLES, Day Twenty-Two of Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge

Donut with Sprinkles
4x4 oil on canvas board
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"DONUT WITH SPRINKLES"

4x4 oil on canvas board,unframed, oil on board.  

Perfect for framing, displaying on a tabletop easel, can be part of a collection or placed in a greeting card as a small gift.

This raised donut is now eaten…by me!

MUMS AND DAISIES, Day Twenty of the Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge

Mums and Daisies
6x8 oil on museum quality board
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"MUMS AND DAISIES"

6x8, unframed on museum quality board.  Suitable for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel.

Flowers to brighten any day.  These lovely daisies are paired with small white mums in an antique Atlas jar decorated with a colorful ribbon.

'WITH HEART", Day Nineteen of Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge

With Heart
4x4 oil on canvas covered board
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WITH HEART

"With Heart" 4x4, oil on canvas covered board, unframed, is a tiny piece with lots of joy and color.  This tiny gem would make an excellent Valentine's Day gift tucked inside an envelope with a card.  "With Heart" is suitable for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel.

I LOVE THIS LITTLE PIECE AND HOPE YOU DO TOO!

CUPCAKE VII, Day Eighteen Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days Challenge

Cupcake VII
4x4 oil on canvas covered board
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CUPCAKE VII

"Cupcake VII" 4x4, oil on canvas covered board.  Unframed but suitable for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel.  This is a super yummy cupcake with sprinkles on top.

"FLOWER SHOP, NORWAY" Day Fifteen of the Thirty Paintings in Thirty Day Challenge SOLD

"FLOWER SHOP, NORWAY"  6X8, unframed, oil on museum quality board, suitable for framing or displaying on a tabletop easel. 

There are flower shops every two blocks or so as Norwegians always take flowers when they visit.  I met for the first time my Norwegian cousins in Gran, Norway and was ever so grateful when I got that "early morning nudge" to take flowers with me.  

PEARS AND BLUE VASE

PEARS AND BLUE VASE
5x5 oil on canvas covered board
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PEARS AND BLUE VASE

"Pears and Blue Vase", 5x5, oil on canvas covered board, unframed.  This rich palette knife painting is suitable for framing or for displaying on a tabletop easel.  Blue and yellow colors are always lovely when placed side by side.  

I struggled too much with this painting.  The vase was easy.  The pears were easy.  The background gave me trouble.  I wondered how I could plop some bright Quinacridone Rose in there for color punch.  What do you think? 

I would be very honored to have your advice and feedback.  Please comment.

RENAISSANCE FLOWERS

Renaissance Flowers
8x6 oil on museum quality board
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"RENAISSANCE FLOWERS"

"Beauty without expression tires"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

As an artist on a spiritual path, my soul yearns to express that which is beautiful. 

 Yet beauty isn't only found in nature, 

but as Marcel Proust expressed, 

"I never realized how much beauty lay around me

 in my parents' house

 in the half-cleared table

 in the corner of a tablecloth left awry

 in the knife beside the empty oyster shell."

Flowers in the Abstract

Flowers in the Abstract
8x6 acrylic on canvas
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"FLOWERS IN THE ABSTRACT"

"Flowers in the Abstract",  8x6, acrylic on canvas with a double mat.  It isn't often that I choose to paint with acrylics.  I am so used to painting with oil and the slow drying process that fast drying acrylic paints are a challenge for me.  But I love this painting and think I should do more like it.  The colors are very harmonious.












NORWAY TRIP
Many of you are wondering when I will be painting scenes from my recent trip to Norway. 
 I am still processing that trip, especially the darkness of the Arctic and the very short days. 
 I had so few hours during which time I could take photos and actually see the landscape. 
 Living in very bright New Mexico I have to rethink "light" when painting Norway. 

Below are photographs taking during the brightest daylight hours
 in Hammerfest (the northernmost town in the world) 
and 
Kirkenes located in extreme northeast Norway 
very close to the Russian border.

CRIMSON TIED

CRIMSON TIED

A

Gift for your

loved one

http://www.carolhopper.com/store/p127/Crimson_Tied.html

Crimson Tied
10x10 oil on museum quality board
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