I was asked if I’d like to donate a painting for the Boise High fundraiser and this is the one I chose. I had it framed and it’s ready to go.
California Oak Trees
I want to run down this path into the California green grass and oak trees.
A friend and fellow Northern Californian asked me to paint this NorCal oak tree scene for her. Spring and Summer in this area are always so lush and green, bright green. Bright- bright- green. I miss it so much, especially during southwest Idaho winters. Up north there are beautiful pine trees, but not in Boise.
I’ve been working on this one for a little while. Today I worked on it some more and may have finished it. I’m going to let it dry and then take another look at it. At first I thought I was getting carried away with the bright green, but honestly I’m not. This is what it really looks like there…to me.
I hope my friend likes it! She was one of my teammates on the UCD gymnastics team. She was always the life of the party.
Time for a New Bouquet
These are the flowers I bought last week to use as a still life. It was a much fuller bouquet and one by one the flowers have been dying and I have been plucking them out. Now I’m down to just 3 ranunculus and the greenery. If I touch the ranunculus the petals fall off.
I’ve painted this bouquet a bunch of different ways. I mainly use it as inspiration but don’t have much interest in copying exactly. I’ve put a lot of time and mental energy into a very tight and exacting family portrait commission with 7 kids, so I enjoy painting flowers and not worrying about getting all their petals in the right place.
It’s time to get some different colored flowers. I’ve done 9 paintings with pink flowers.
Roses
9X12″ oil on canvas
Today I hit an art store closing sale and bought a bunch canvases at 80% off. Pretty nice. I bought a bunch of 24″ squares. I’ll have to figure out what to do with them.
Happy Valentine’s Day
I hope you are all having a wonderful day full of love and inspiration.
Lily
4X4″ oil on canvas
A Good Start
20X16 Oil on Canvas
Art in the Bar
I’m going to have my work in this show at the end of the month. How fun is that!?
Dress
This is one of the first paintings I did after my break from painting (because my kids were little and I couldn’t do everything). It’s still one of my favorites. It’s my daughters little white silk baptism dress. It’s clearly inspired by one of my favorite artists, Wayne Thibaud. I love the way Thibaud lays down paint. I also did a little cupcake in the same Thibaud-esque style just for fun.
Daily painting part 2
Here’s yesterday’s painting after I scraped it and brought it back. Now I’m going to let it dry and then give it another layer to see what that looks like.
And here’s a before and after. Next week sometime I’ll post the before, after, and after. I honestly like it about the same both ways.
Jill Millward Artwork 