867 Anna's Humming Bird, oil on board, 2.5 x 3.5

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606 Snowberries, Watercolour 8x8

Okay, I paint snowberries a lot. There is something kind of magical about them in the way they seem to dance mid air on their thin branches. You'd almost expect to see a fairy peeking out from amongst them.  Also, I prefer to paint what I have available to me free rather than go to the store to buy it. And during the winter months snowberries are all around just dying to be painted. Well, I have a license to paint what ever I want anyways. 

605 Snow Berries

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I love snowberries. There's a bush right by my walkway. The berries that managed to cling to the branches are now shrivelling and turning sienna. All the bushes energy is going towards the new sprouting yellow green leaves. Spring is in the air.

583 Montreal Snow Berries

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These are snow berries I found in the neighborhood where I'm staying in Montreal. I have been brooding terribly over my lack of oil paints. I mailed them to where I'm staying in Montreal because West Jet won't allow you to travel with oil paints. The Post Office says I can have them after one pm tomorrow. So I decided to do this botanical tonight. It snowed today.

578 Willow Sprigs

These are studies of some willow sprigs from my cousin's garden. I love the variations in the colour and texture of the leaves.

573 Japanese Maple Leaf Study

These Japanese maple leaves have stems that back up on an odd angle. They's very pretty though. 

570 Red Maple Leaf

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I found this amazing red leaf today and just had to paint it. I looked it up and think it is a silver maple leaf. The sugar maple. I think it's the real Canadian Maple leaf that the Canadian Flag is about. I found it on the lawn of the Parliament Building. So that might be further evidence supporting this theory. But I'm not an expert so I titled it what I knew for sure to be true. It's red. Wonderful orange red with wonderful cadmium and crimson veins, with splashes of yellow and drops of oxide green and cerulean blue and ivory black and paynes grey (sp?) and quinacridone orange and yellow ochre.......Stop  Painting this wonderful leaf was just so much fun.  Here's a photo of my set up. I think I captured it well. Should I have painted the scotch tape in?

566 Snow Berries

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It was fun painting these.  Snow berries are just so pretty. When I was a kid I liked popping them under my shoe.