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Cedar March 21st, 2008

My paintings of lotus flowers have really connected with art buyers. Of the original six paintings, all but one are now sold!

The Lotus Series is striking and elegant, painted in opulent tones of ruby, ivory, sage green and gold. Here are the 3 newest additions to the series:

All are 20″ x 20″, Oil on Canvas.

Lotus VII

Lotus VIII

Lotus IX

As long as you keep buying them to hang in your homes and offices, I will keep painting them! I am a bit in love with these paintings myself, and wish I could keep them for a little longer before sending them to the gallery.

I use water-soluble oils, which eliminates the need for turpentine and other toxic solvents. But even so, the fumes from the wet paint itself have a way of accumulating into a noxious miasma around me, and sometimes I’m so focused on my work, I don’t notice how woozy I am until I get up from my easel. The other day when my husband got home from work, he walked into my studio and said, “Why does it smell like cancer in here?” Another reason to look forward to spring–opening all the windows!

This weekend I hope to get a little work done outside–start fixing up my neglected garden plots, turn the compost heap, and pull out some residual dead plants in anticipation of new life.

Happy Easter to everyone! Happy Belated Equinox!

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