Daily Painters of Texas: cottage

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

This morning I received an email from LinkedIn suggesting I consider a job in architecture. This is about as close as I'll get to being an architect. Seaside Cottage is a painting of Le Vieux Couvent in Frayssinet, France, converted via my imagination to a seaside retreat.

I'm very excited to announce a new workshop in St. Louis, Missouri, set for October 23-25. We'll paint bright flowers and French landscapes in my home town. You are invited to join me for three full days of painting, and students who work in oils, acrylics, and water based oils are welcome. I hope to see you there!

Painting Florals and Landscapes

in St. Louis, Missouri

October 23-25, 2015

Registration Information

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Hidden Hydrangea Garden - Flower Painting Classes and Workshops by Nancy Medina Art

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Hidden Hydrangea Garden

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

Hidden Hydrangea Garden is the newest painting in Flower Mound Studio, with snow all day keeping the helpers and I pretty much house bound. Hidden Hydrangea is another painting dedicated to the memory of my great-grandmother's house in Palestine, Texas, a house that has wonderful childhood memories for me. Shady verandas, the haunted peacock bedroom upstairs, the big claw-foot bathtub, and the shed in the back yard with so many shadows and places to hide...all of these places still play a starring role in my dreams sometimes.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Pink Azalea Cottage and My Great-Grandmother's House - Flower Painting Classes and Workshops by Nancy Medina Art

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Pink Azalea Cottage

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops

Pink Azalea Cottage is a scene that might seem familiar to anyone who has grown up in East Texas and seen the azaleas in full bloom. The cottage is a memory of my great-grandmother's home in Palestine, Texas, where she raised a family and had a garden and did all the cooking and housekeeping even though she was blind. Nanny used to be able to tell which plants were which by smell, touch and taste. My mother spent every summer of her childhood with her grandmother. Mom said she would take the train down from St. Louis to Palestine after school let out for the year, and the summers she spent in Palestine were the happiest times for her growing up.

If you walk down the path and open the back porch screen door, you'll enter Nanny's big kitchen, with the formica table. Beyond the kitchen, through a large arched doorway, you will find her formal living room, with a collection of plates from around the world along the walls, and her favorite rocker next to the radio just under the windows by the cuckoo clock. This is where Nanny spent every afternoon listening to her favorite gospel show. I imagine there were many, many days my mother was in her lap, being rocked to sleep, with the sound of birds outside the open screen windows, the clock chiming the hour and half hour, and the sound of the voice on the radio. What a dream come true it would be to be able to travel back in time and see this tableau, and my mother's golden curls, as she lay sleeping in her grandmother's arms.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Blue Hearts Cottage - Flower Painting Classes and Workshops by Nancy Medina Art

http://nancymedina.fineartstudioonline.com/workszoom/1687918

Blue Hearts Cottage

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

France, Italy and the US - Flower Painting Workshops