"SUNFLOWER IN SEASON" OIL ON MIXED MEDIA CRADLED PANEL © SAUNDRA LANE FINE ART

"Sunflower in Season" 

18"x18" oil on mixed media panel

Available through my website

What can I say, it was just TIME to do another sunflower.  The days have been warm of late, and that always makes me think of sunflowers, so, it had to be done!  This bloom is on an 18"x18" cradled MDF panel with stained sides to compliment.  I'm thinking acorns and cherries coming soon!

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"SUNNY D" A SUNFLOWER 4X4" OIL ON TEXTURED PANEL © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Sunny D" a sunflower

4x4" oil on textured panel

$30 unframed; $40 framed

Available in my ETSY shop

What a cheery flower; the sunflower! It is TRULY a Sunny Delight...thus the name given! "Sunny D" is painted in oil on a 4x4" slightly textured panel. Alone it can sit on an easel, or can be framed in your favorite 4x4" frame. (remember 1/2" is taken on all sides), OR for .50 more I can mount it on a 5x5" off white matt so you can frame it in your own 5x5" frame, OR I can send it matted in the off white backer board and in the gold leaf wood 5x5" frame as shown. Any way you choose it, that special spot will be sunnier just to have it there! "Sunny D" will be ready to ship on July 21, 2014 when it is dry! Shipping is set for the framed version, but if you purchase just the painting and or the matt backer I will adjust the shipping accordingly!

 

Yesterday was a wildlife party around here.  I've got baby birds, so mom and dad have posed LOTS for me...here is one...I think this is a wren...any thoughts?

 We've also had a big young buck hanging around the property of late.  He doesn't much care for my hubby...snorts and paws at the ground, but for me, he just seems curious...

I highly suspect both these will end up in paintings at one time or another...! FUN DOINS!

HAPPY CREATING!

"MOUNTAIN SUNFLOWER" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE WITH SUNFLOWER © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Mountain Sunflower"

24" x 6.5"

Available in my WEBSITE

Though the subject matter is this mountain sunflower, the landscape behind gives you the beauty of it's surroundings!  "Mountain Sunflower" is painted in oil over acrylic and acid free paper with a bit of texture in the mountains and foreground.   Painted on a cradled panel with stained sides, this piece of mountain beauty is ready to hang, or, it's unique depth will allow for sitting on a shelf!  "Mountain Sunflower" will be ready for shipping on or about March 14, 2014 when it is fully dry.  Oranges and Yellows tend to be the slowest drying; or more accurately, oxidizing, so shipping is a bit further out than most others with different colors.

 

detail

This painting was fun, but a challenge.  I enjoy VERY MUCH putting in the abstract qualities that I do; using paper and texture and paint to weave in something that reads; in THIS case as landscape, but also works as abstract!  I used texture in the mountains and in the foreground in spots, and painted in the sunflower with oil.  The end result is fun, but sometimes there is a bit of reworking and removing of parts that don't work well, and that can be a bit of a challenge.  My motto is NEVER BE AFRAID to eliminate what isn't working...if it is the ENTIRE painting, there are lessons learned, but don't keep something just because it took some time to do!

Last week I sold Baby G...the collector got to choose the frame color.  In this case it was the soft white that was a part of the giraffe baby background color.  I think she made a good choice!!

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"PORTRAIT OF A SUNFLOWER" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA PAINTING OF A SUNFLOWER © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Portrait of a Sunflower"

12" x 12" mixed media on MDF with English Oak cradled sides

$300

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It has been SO great getting back to work a little bit between house hunting!  I sat down yesterday and created this fun sunflower portrait with whimsical ribbons of the black and white weaving through...if you look closely you can also see it in a spiral in the center of the sunflower.  This piece is what I created on top of the "failed" painting from the other day.  The fun part of this is all the texture!!  To cover the previous work (which someone wanted to buy about 10 minutes too late as I'd covered it already!) I painted it with a layer of gesso...covered that with a layer of molding paste, and another layer of gesso...The English Oak sides fit perfectly with the subject matter (which MAY have been the reason I decided to do one more sunflower before the season ends).

Not to let much moss grow on my easel I'm already at work on a new aspen piece using mainly blue and orange in the background.  As we speak I'm busy with the addition of papers...and having a ball!!  

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"SUNFLOWER" MIXED MEDIA 5X5 FLORAL PAINTING © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Sunflower"

5x5" mixed media on gallery wrap canvas

ON HOLD FOR A SHOW

This sunflower is painted over a good layer of flexible molding paste.  I love the texture it brings, but there was a practical reason I did this.  I have been having trouble with stretched canvas buckling a bit at the corners.  It probably doesn't bother anyone because it is so slight...but I hate it!...SO, I put a layer of paste over it and voila it takes the problem away!...I only wish I'd thought of it earlier.

I buy my canvas mostly at Meiningers ( a huge, prestigious art store)...so, I think on my next visit I'm going to have a chat with them about their certain brands of canvas! THERE, I've gotten this off my chest!

I tried taking this pic in several lights and you can't really see the purplish hue that is the background...it comes out mostly blue...sorry...still not the grand photographer!

This will be number 2 to be entered in a miniature show at the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado this September....My next you ask??...a Pinion Pine Cone...:)

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"SUNFLOWER 5x5 BEGINNING" © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

Sunflower 5x5 beginning

This is painting number 2 of 3 that I'm getting ready for a miniature show in September.  The first was the acorns...this will be a sunflower...I will be using this photo as my reference...

As I do, I usually just use my references as a guide...always making room for my creative expression.  Too many years of faithfully reproducing a subject as near to exact as possible left me bored, so I use the reference and then take off to make it work for my format.

I FINALLY found sunflowers at my favorite flower shop over the weekend...though I had to mix others in with them as the sunflower crop has suffered with our weather and their aren't many...but, as usual I took as many photos as I could for future reference...and, as usual, I am glad to share...any photo you wish to use to paint from you are welcome...All I ask is IF you use one...shoot me a pic of your final product so I can ooh and aah with you!!  ART4LIFE44@HOTMAIL.COM!

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"SUNFLOWER ONE" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA FLORAL PAINTING © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Sunflower One"

5x5" mixed media on 1.5" gallery wrap canvas; painted around

SOLD...thanks Sydney!

If you remember yesterday; how cool it looked...and today, with the obvious addition of the very warm yellows and umbers it has changed totally...but still a soft little piece.

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NEW SUNFLOWER IN PROCESS

This is just in it's infancy...a new sunflower in process...A very small 5x5" on 1.5" gallery wrap canvas...There's a miniature show deadline coming up!! Right now it looks all cool in tone...but, just KNOWING the subject matter...you can see how that will change! 

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