Foxglove Lane Cottage Garden by Floral Artist Nancy Medina

Foxglove Lane Cottage Garden

by Nancy Medina

12X16

Oil on Archival Panel

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Foxglove Lane Cottage Garden is the newest painting in Flower Mound Studio, and is based on the gardens of Coronado Island, California. We toured this garden during my class there near San Diego a few weeks ago, and even though the air was chilly, the flowers were still in bloom on the rose arbor above. We were fortunate to bump into Juan Flores, the architect of Coronado flower gardens, and multiple blue ribbon award winner for the Coronado Flower Show. Juan loves to share his tips for growing the best flowers year round. Juan told us that he sometimes cannot sleep at night, he is so excited about his gardens, planning what he will plant and what colors he will grow in the coming season. Thanks so much Juan, for your generosity and your vision, you are truly an artist!

Cottage Rose Garden by Kay Wyne

Cottage Rose Garden

14 3/4" x 20 3/4"

Oil on Panel

This oil painting is framed in a beautiful gold frame.
The paint is applied with a palette knife and brush, 

so there is variety in the texture.
One of my favorite things about this painting is the rooftop, 

which has layers of oils built up using the palette knife.  

The roses in the foreground are also painted with thick paint.
I hope that this colorful landscape painting takes 

the viewer to a pleasant place....
maybe England...maybe a countryside cottage.
Thanks for viewing....kay@kwyne.com

Cottage Rose Garden by Kay Wyne

Cottage Rose Garden

Oil on Panel

This oil painting is framed in a beautiful gold frame.

The paint is applied with a palette knife and brush....so there is variety in the texture.

One of my favorite things about this painting is the rooftop, which has layers of oils built up using the palette knife.  The roses in the foreground are also painted with thick paint.  

I hope that this colorful landscape painting takes the viewer to a pleasant place....

maybe England...maybe a countryside cottage.  

Thanks for viewing....kay@kwyne.com

I will be back in the studio today....Kay

SOLD ~ Coronado Island Sunset Arbor and the 88th Annual Flower Show by Nancy Medina

Coronado Island Sunset Arbor

by Nancy Medina

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16X12

Oil on Archival Panel

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Coronado Island Sunset Arbor is almost as much a watercolor application of oils as it is a traditional oil painting. I love experimenting with transparent paints, and staining my canvas in blocks of light, color and shape. Letting those transparent paints shine through, without covering them, can give your painting a feeling of depth.

Tomorrow I fly to one of the most beautiful places in California, Coronado Island. Rest assured my camera battery is charging, and I've got my comfy walking shoes packed - first things first, we stop somewhere for excellent fish tacos, then grab our flower show map to start tracking down and photographing all the top award winning gardens and cottages. The 88th Annual Flower Show will be in full swing in Spreckles Park, and I'll have a whole day before my solo show at the gallery begins. I hope to see you there!

SOLD ~ Bougainvillea Cottage Garden and My Coronado Show by Nancy Medina

Bougainvillea Cottage Garden

by Nancy Medina

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16X12

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One of the things I miss most about living in California is bougainvillea, in all its bright frilly patterns and colors. My favorite is peach, but I do love the fuschia-pinky purple too. I'm hoping to get photos of bougainvillea and all the other beautiful flowers that grow there this weekend in Coronado, California, before my solo show on Saturday. Stay tuned to the blog and to my facebook page for photos!

Solo Show - Painting in the Garden on Coronado Island

Saturday, April 20

11:30 am to 4:30 pm

Art and Frames by Wood Gallery
936 Orange Avenue
Coronado, California 92118

www.artcoronado.com

Cherry Lane Cottage and Purple Roses of Coronado by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Cherry Lane Rose Cottage

by Nancy Medina

14X14

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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Cherry Lane Rose Cottage is a new small work in the studio, as I finish work on a large commission of red daisies and sunflowers. I've shared a few of the amazing flowers of Coronado, California, an island just off the coast of San Diego on my art blog today, including the pale purple roses of the cottage gardens there. You can still find traces of an older time here, before the city encroached, and the older homes that are lovingly preserved and surrounded by beds of flowers of every variety. It's flower heaven on earth!

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Wild Purple Garden Gate by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Wild Purple Garden Gate

by Nancy Medina

14X14

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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Wild Purple Garden Gate is a bit of reality mixed with fantasy. I took one trellis I loved from my trip to Coronado Island, CA, and combined a few favorite southern climbers into the mix. The inspiration for Wild Purple is shown on my art blog today, and you might not recognize what inspired the painting compared with what it actually ended up being - I'm afraid this is just one of those tangents my mind takes every once in a while, going off in a completely different direction than reality! Tonight I'm packing up my studio for a trip to Fredericksburg, Texas, where I will be teaching a three day class. I have high hopes that the lavender fields will be in bloom when I arrive!