Carolina Elizabeth

Roses in Black Vase , 5"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold    It's been my dream to have an old English garden--a little kept, a little wild, but mostly with all kinds of ruffly  roses that appear in  Henri Fantin-Latour's flower paintings. Well, this past Christmas, my order was placed to David Austin's Roses and so started my long wait for the roses to arrive (in March) and finally to bloom, which they have beautifully.  The roses above are named Strawberry Hill and the ones below are named Claire Austin and Fantin Latour, one of my must-haves. Roses in Glass Vase , 5"x7" Oil on Linen Panel Sold Bartlett Pear and Blue Stripes , 4"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold

McIntosh Apple No.4 ,  4"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold

Fig Half , 6"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold It must be the seductive colors, their powerful aromas, or their visual textures that have drawn me to paint these items. Whatever the reason, I enjoyed painting them and look forward to studying them further. Mandarin and Vase , 4"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold Black Olives and  Caper-berries II , 4"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold

  Landscape , 4"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold Bartlett Pear 5"x7" Oil on Linen Panel Sold

Pomegranate No.5 Oil on Linen Panel 6"x6"  Sold Pink Rose No.5 Oil on Linen Panel 4"x6" Click here to bid Small Gifts-Turkey Feather Oil on Linen Panel 4"x6" Sold Still Life with Roses No.2 Oil on Linen Panel 6"x6" Sold I enjoy painting still lives partly because I LOVE TO PAINT, but also because I enjoy  looking  staring at all things in nature. Leaves, flowers (all flowers), birds, insects and even clouds. I could stare at clouds all day. Well, my lovely family indulges me with tiny gifts that they find out on their walks. So, when I come desk, I find flowers (some of which I have planted), leaves that are changing colors, insects that lived their last day (they have to have lived their last day before they are allowed to collect them as my specimen (or props for still lifes), and more recently feathers. I have many beautiful iridescent feathers that turkeys leave behind as they walk through our backyard in the mornings...

Pink Rose No.4 5"x7" Oil on Linen Panel Sold

Pink Rose No.3 6"x6" Oil on Linen Panel COMMISSION  Forelle Pear and Flowers  4"x6" Oil on Linen Panel Sold I love to read decorating blogs. The one I visit the most is all about my favorite color. It is titled  House of Turquoise  and I am just so delightfully inspired every time I wonder in there. These paintings are inspired by the wonderful gathering of photos posted there. I have two other turquoise paintings on the works that I am so excited to show you. Two more weeks until Fall break and I have oh so many ideas; I can hardly wait! Tea Pot and Forelle Pear  6"x8" Oil on Linen Panel  Sold