Day Twenty: In the Weeds

In the Weeds
Little Gem
6x6 oil on canvas mounted

Closing in the end of the challenge...how cool is that.

I hope you read my story in yesterday's blog about finally finding these little flowers down the embankment of the bike trail.  It's a wonder I kept the bike upright coming to a stop-right-now.  (And to think I am going skiing in Norway at Christmas time, I think I am an inch away from hurting myself...but stayed tuned...)

I love these delicate little flowers so much, yet hardy enough to withstand our recent rains, I chose to paint them up close and personal.  I hope you like this painting!

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Desert Plants in Bloom IV

Desert Plants in Bloom IV
Little Gem
oil on canvas, mounted

DAY EIGHT of the thirty day challenge and all is well.   My daily bike rides provide me with so much material for painting but fall is (maybe) in the air and I notice flowers on the native plants are less fresh.  This plant is called Apache Plume because the flowers look like plumes.  The Apache part I am not so sure of.  We love the plant even in our own yards.

Sunday on the bike trail is a mash-up: in-line skaters, walkers, runners, bicycles and today there was a 35 mile bike event.

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