This blog began as a daily painting blog but as life changes, so does a blog. It has become a journal of a writer who paints and enthusiastically works outdoors to maintain fitness.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Paintings 2023

 

Marigolds delight with their bold colors and signature fragrance. Some people, and some pests, detest that aroma and are repelled by it. Others, including me, love the pungent scent.
From yellow to deep gold, a frill of five or six petals to full bushy tuffets, marigolds are cheerful accents in the garden.
Folklore traditions say marigolds protect from evil and bring good luck.
Painting is 11" x 14" acrylic on canvas.
Unframed: $75
With frame: $125
Email leatherwood@wisper-wireless.com for more information and delivery options.
 

Blue jays are scrappy birds, always insistent on getting their piece of the pie, sometimes losing the bits of food in the name of winning. If being beautifully blue gives a bird an edge, then this one has it.
In Indigenous folklore jays compete with ravens as selfish tricksters. Seeing one is also a good omen bringing good luck and happiness.
Painting is 11"x14" acrylic on canvas.
Unframed: $75
With frame: $125
Email leatherwood@wisper-wireless.com for more information and delivery options.

Grapes, on the vine into the night, are visited by creatures moving around in the moonlight. So, too, are the creatures who consume the grapes in other forms.
Painting is 11"x14" acrylic on canvas.
Unframed: $75
With frame: $125
Email leatherwood@wisper-wireless.com for more information and delivery options.
Moonlight charms. Moonlight is magical.Moonlight                                                                           Painting is 11"x14" acrylic on canvas.Unframed: $75
With frame: $125
Email leatherwood@wisper-wireless.com for more information and delivery options.
                                                         

        Long Prairie's historic Reichert Hotel and apartments has many stories to tell, not just the isolated story of one solitary person but the stories of many solitary people.Painting is 16"x20" acrylic on canvas.
Unframed: $150
With frame: $200
Email leatherwood@wisper-wireless.com for more information and delivery options.
Sunflowers captured the attention of everyone as the symbolic flower of the people of Ukraine and their war defense.  Thousands of years ago, the Aztecs saw the sunflower as a symbol and metaphor for war. 
Painting is 11"x14" acrylic on canvas.
Unframed: $75
With frame: $125
Email leatherwood@wisper-wireless.com for more information and delivery options.