Orange Beauty

I can't explain it but for some reason I'm attracted to orange flowers every time I start to design a painting.  I suppose it's because of the virbancy and richness of the colors.  I keep saying I'm not go to paint another orange flower but here I go again!!

"Orange Beauty"     © Kathy Dunham 2010

Ranunculus

Spring is wonderful.  Lots of flowers and blossoms to brighten the landscape.  We'll get different flowers in the summer but none as beautiful as those we get in the spring.

"Ranunculus"    © Kathy Dunham 2010

Yellow, Yellow...

It was a warm, sunny day and these bright yellow ranunculus were showing off in the flower bed, just begging to be photographed.

"Yellow, Yellow..."     © Kathy Dunham 2010

Happy Accident

We have a saying in the artistic world, "Happy Accidents".  That's when something unplanned and often times destructive happens to a work in progress and turns out to be a cool thing.  Today I spotted a group of Ranunuculus in a planter bed.  I grabbed my camera and looked for a good shot.  When I checked my image it was blurred.  I thought it was out of focus due to being too close to the subject.  I took another shot from farther away and it was still blurred.  Boy was I bummed.  Then I looked at the lense and discovered a greasy fingerprint right in the middle.  But when I looked closely at the photo I liked the soft edges created by the dirty lense.  You just never know when something will happen that works out.

"Happy Accident"    © Kathy Dunham 2010