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After carefully checking for wayward tree lizards, I brought a pot of these red blossoms in from my garden to paint tonight. The last time I brought a batch of geraniums in to paint, I carried a large pot of them to the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas for a workshop there, only to discover a teeny baby lizard had hitched a ride. The entire class screeched to a halt as we built the little guy a mobile terrarium, and the hubby drove him back to our garden and placed him beneath our pear tree in the back yard. None of us could really focus on painting until we received a call letting us know baby lizard was safe and sound. I do think he lived on to proliferate, judging from the dozen lizards who now live on our deck puffing out their chins at one another, competing with one another for the spot on the fence that gets the most sun. What a delight it is to have a job now, that allows me to see this little lizard drama, this summer dance, each morning before going into the home studio, instead of an office. Just one more reason I am so thankful to be a full-time artist!

Summer Dancing on the porch...

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Pansy Parazzi Flower Painting Workshop by Texas Artist Nancy Medina

Pansy Paparazzi and Sunflowers

16X20

Oil on Linen Panel

My January class is filling up fast so register today -

Pansy Paparazzi and Sunflowers was my class demo this morning, in Day 2 of my 3-day workshop at the Jaycee Parks Center for the Arts. This afternoon in our class paint-along, the ladies created beautiful blue filigree white China sugar bowls. We sacrificed the one remaining white pansy on the pot of blossoms I brought to class from my back yard garden. But it gave itself for a good cause, to be memorialized in oils for all time! (Can you tell I'm still feeling bad about picking that little pansy off the plant?) Tomorrow I am very excited, I will be painting white hydrangeas, white roses, and holly berries in my NEW RED VASE the Carlos picked up for me today. *sound of trumpets* If this doesn't kick our paintbrushes into holiday gear, nothing will! Except, of course, for a little eggnog.... Stay tuned to my art blog for more class pictures, red vases, holiday themed paintings, and workshop fun.

let's ring in the new year with flowers!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Heart's Wish Stargazer Lilies by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Heart's Wish Stargazer Lilies

by Nancy Medina

10X10

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

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Heart's Wish is a tribute to the fading lilies in my studio tonight. The past few days I've spent with my mother, who was in great spirits and full of her regular pip and vinegar and wit and laughter. I mentioned to her that it is the 100th birthday of the Poetry Anthology, and how I wished we could find her spiral notebooks filled with her poetry. She told me there were poems all over the house. I said, really, where mom? She said, "They're everywhere!" Then she began reciting poems she had written decades ago, sharing one with my 20 year old niece Robin and I that she had written when Robin was a baby. I still have not been able to find her spiral notebook filled with poems, but I realized my mother was absolutely right. Her home is filled with poetry, and beauty, and memories that are going to last longer than time, because she is there.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

White Roses and the Story of My Great-Grandmother's Haunted Bedroom by Texas Artist Nancy Medina

Blue Satin White Roses by Nancy Medina

12X12

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas