Colors and environment

Something a little new for me.  I had the pleasure of spending a good deal of time in Ireland and was inspired by the softness of the colors there.  Without our bright Texas sun, everything takes on new hues.  Because canvases there are in the metric system, I taped off a section of each canvas to bring it into line with our inch/foot system.  In addition, I switched my subject matter to flowers - something that I never thought I'd paint. I painted the first flower, pulled the tape off and was just gobsmacked (that's an Irish term - I am sure that you get the gist) by the effect of the white border on the painting.  I was so inspired that I painted flower after flower.  They flowed so easily out of me that it was like a dance with brush and color.  I am sharing them with you here.  I hope that you enjoy them.

Then, I returned home to Texas and just

Then I returned to Texas and just look what happened:

Explosions of color! You just gotta love playing with color and shape - it's so much fun.