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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Happy Fall


Welcome. I am so happy you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and have a cup of tea and relax while I share with you the inspirations for my art. As much as I love Summer I really look forward to Fall and the beautiful bright colors of the new season and Fall flowers. There is so much to enjoy. What about you? Is there something special about the season that you love?


I have been on little blog break getting ready getting things in order in my garden.




Bentley my Studio Assistant has been out in the garden looking (sniffing) the new fall plants and looking for inspiration for me to paint!!!




I stopped by our local Garden shop, Roger's Gardens,www.rogersgardens.com, to pick up some Marigold plants and thought you would enjoy a few shots of this beautiful garden shop.



I picked up some falls leaves to decorate my front door with and pots of Marigolds. Roger's always has a wonderful special on small pots of seasonal flowers for $1.00 a pot - the best price in town. I picked up lots of pots of them for garden.

I filled my little vintage wagon with pumpkins and planted the Marigolds.


"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1

The red bicycle, Mums and pumpkins looked like they would be the perfect inspirations for
a new Fall welcome sign.





The completed Welcome sign.



Thank you for stopping by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, comments, e-mails and those of y0u who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special. I have had many requests to revisit my blog post a few years ago on how to paint a scarecrow WELCOME sign for fall. Next week I will share with you some scarecrow inspirations and we will paint together.



Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Painting Pink Roses


Welcome. I am so happy that your stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax with a cup of tea while I share with you the inspirations for my art. Many of the flowers are fading now that Fall is fast approaching, however, the Roses are still blooming. Let's join Bentley, my Studio Assistant, in the garden to look for pink Roses to paint.









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The pink Roses were the inspiration for the painting.




"Art In The Garden"


"Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you." Psalm 70:4



Thank y0u for stopping by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your comments,

e-mails, visits and those of you who are following my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.



I will be taking a little blog break to work on some Fall paintings and will be back on

September 30th.


Have a lovely week. Blessings, Erin

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Painting the last of the Zinnias


Welcome. I am so happy that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax with a cup of tea while I share with you the inspirations for my art. I always have mixed feelings about Summer ending as it means the flowers in my garden are starting to fade - yet I am looking forward to the beauty of Fall. Let's join my helpful Studio Assistant, in the garden to look for inspiration to paint.





The Zinnias are on their last bloom. This year I planted a seed packet of Heirloom Zinnias -
they were supposed to be extra large blooms in mixed colors, however; almost all of them came up in various shades of pink. The little orange ones were very hearty and are still blooming.

Finding inspiration . . . . . .





I love picking the Zinnias and arranging them in various containers. Did you know that in the Victorian times flowers were associated with symbolism? Zinnias were associated with thoughts of absent friends, lasting affection, goodness and remembrance.








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Needless to say . . . . I decided to paint a small painting of Zinnias to put in the garden.


"Art In The Garden"











"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things".

"Philippians 4:8



Thank you for stopping by. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits,

e-mails, comments and those who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something specials.




Have lovely week. Blessings, Erin