Daily Painters of Texas: pink rose flower painting

If you missed my tour of the award winning cottages

I'm warming up my brushes this week for my workshop in San Diego, and taking a virtual tour of some of my favorite cottage and flower garden photos. I'll be returning to sunny California in November and promise to take lots of pictures to share with you here.

during the Annual Coronado Island Flower Show,

you can click here to take the tour!

My favorite flower shop on Coronado Island!

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

SOLD ~ Pink Roses of Coronado and a San Diego Workshop by Floral Artist Nancy Medina

Adrift on the Breeze ~

Pink Roses of Coronado Island

by Nancy Medina

SOLD

8X10

Oil on Archival Panel

Adrift on the Breeze, Pink Roses of Coronado Island is the newest small daily painting in Flower Mound Studio. I love making bright color happen on canvas, and pink roses just lend themselves to so many different combinations - blues, oranges, purples, and - don't forget - pinks! We'll be painting pink roses during my workshop in San Diego in November, along with quite a few other fresh flowers. I hope to see you there. Bring your walking shoes and warm up your camera, I'm going to take you to the garden where these pink roses grow all year round! Click here for more information!

Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self,

and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

- William Bliss Carman

Monday, June 3, 2013

Summer Rain Pink Roses by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Summer Rain Pink Roses

by Nancy Medina

12X12

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Summer Rain Pink Roses is the newest daily painting in Flower Mound Studio, as I pack up paint and brushes for a demonstration for the Trinity Arts Guild in Bedford, Texas this week for their final meeting before summer break. This is a weekend for graduations and celebrations, and I admit I'm a bit excited knowing this will be my first summer as a full-time artist and art teacher. I'll have some exciting announcements in my art newsletter this week with workshops coming up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and San Diego, California, so stay tuned for all the flower news fit to print!

Summer Rain on the easel

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Pink Roses and Perks of Painting at the Dallas Arboretum by Nancy Medina

Pink on Blue Roses

by Nancy Medina

8X10

Oil on Archival Panel

Pink on Blue Roses is the newest daily painting in Flower Mound Studio. Painting outdoors at the Dallas Arboretum is one of the perks of my new job as a full time artist. No more soul scorching fluorescent lighting, just pure sunshine and breezes. On weekends, you can hear the sound of classical piano music wafting through the delphiniums and watch the brides and their photographers on their way to the perfect Kodak moment. Painting in the Arboretum gardens is just about perfect, especially if you rent one of the big red wagons at the help desk to haul all your important accoutrements (a picnic basket of fried chicken and iced down peach tea). Even better when the hubby comes along and sets up your EasyL easel and makes a critical ice cream bar run around 2 pm. I love when the children come up and ask questions about the painting, many answering in the affirmative when I ask, "Are you an artist?" I've never had one answer with uncertainty. They are either very certainly an artist, or very certainly not an artist. If the parent allows, I always offer the child my brush and invite them to contribute to the work in progress. This small gesture provides a return on investment equal to about a million smiles of pure childlike joy and wonderment. Have I mentioned recently how much I love my new job?

Just another day at the office!

Monday, April 29, 2013

SOLD ~ Pinkquilibrium Roses by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Pinkquilibrium Roses by Nancy Medina

SOLD

12X12

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Pinkquilibrium Roses is the newest daily painting in Flower Mound Studio, as I finish packing for a trip to the Texas Hill Country. I've finished a new four foot container garden for the Good Art Company Gallery, and will have a lot of explaining to do when I return, since Studio Director AnnieBee will not be able to come with me this trip. It's a little difficult to obey her every whim and teach an art class at the same time, unfortunately.... We still have not broken the news that her gallery beau, Bob, has found a new four footed cutey upon which to lavish his affections. Stay tuned for Hill Country photos, pictures of my students, and lots of celebratory kolache eating! Cheese filled or cherry, that will be the question we will have to make each morning. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my new job?

Monday, April 22, 2013

SOLD ~ Double Pink Roses and Award Winning Cottage Gardens of Coronado Island by Nancy Medina

Double Pink Roses by Nancy Medina

SOLD

8X10

Oil on Archival Panel

Visit my art blog today to see my solo show demo in progress!

It's good to be back in the studio after a weekend in Coronado, California, painting in the garden during the 88th Annual Flower Show. Thank you to Art and Frame by Wood Gallery for hosting my annual show, and every who came by to help me eat that homemade rum cake! What a cool surprise to have so many Facebook friends pay a visit! This year I met the architect of one of the best cottage gardens on the island, one which is named in the top 10 each year. I'll be sharing his tips on how to make your flower gardens exquisite, and a photo tour of my favorite cottages in my newsletter soon!

My favorite cottage garden - I got the inside tour!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

SOLD ~ Blossom Rain Pink Roses by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Blossom Rain Pink Roses

by Nancy Medina

SOLD

16X12

Oil on Archival Panel