Spring mix cont'd. 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Got out with my camera again

yesterday morning.

Took pictures of mass plantings of tulips

and poppies, as well, as a cherry tree allee.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Spring mix 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Just a few shots of spring.

Saw the beautiful tulips and couldn't believe

how attractive the pink markings were.

They almost look like they were splashed

with paint.

There are forget me nots everywhere.

Liked the emerging maple leaves

against the vertical tree trunks.

Hope you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Father's Day (Heron) 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This is the 3rd and final image

from my Father's Day series.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

Helen.

Dream Home 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This is my dream home.

A series of shapes cobbled together

in the shed and cabin vernacular.

Stone, wood, steel and glass.

Sited in a meadow.

(see p.88 Architectural DigestJune2010).

I hope that you enjoy this image.

Helen.

Father's Day (radiant sun) 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This is the second image of

my father's day images.

I kept on seeing sunburst

mirrors in top decorating

magazines. Perhaps the influence

of the top decorator and set designer,

the late Tony Duquette. So I decided

to sketch and paint a sunburst.

The painterliness of the image

with the multiple colours of

the sun just came to me

and so I enjoyed the

making the work.

Hope that you enjoy

this image.

Helen.

Beach cottage 2010

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This month's issue of Canadian House and Home

featured a 1,000 square foot lakefront cottage

done all in shades of white, cream and beige.

The owner held the dream for 2.5 years

before realizing it and saved alot of items

in storage during that period in preparation

for the day she owned a cottage.

She is apparently a stylist with clients

like Ikea and Indigo and Holt Renfrew

and from her work with this cottage

certainly seems talented.

See page 62 for the story of the June 2010

issue of Canadian House and Home.

It is a dream-inspiring beachy-looking

decor.

Helen.

ZigZag Father's Day 2010

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Here is the first of my

Father's Day images.

Saw the zigzag in fashion

and adapted it for a card.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

Helen.

Rock portrait #9 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This is the latest in my series

of still life paintings of rocks.

The rocks were collected from a local

beach. I brought home bags of rocks

planning to paint the actual rocks.

Somewhat chastened I found them to

be too beautiful in their natural state

to paint and so decided to create

paintings of them rather than

painting them and covering

their beauty.

I select various rocks and

arrange them into still lifes

which I then paint.

The paintings of them are somewhat

stylized which was my goal.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

Helen.

Mother's Day 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This image is in honour of

mothers everywhere.

Helen.

Model portrait (midnight) 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I enjoy painting portraits

of models from images

from magazines.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

She is illuminated by a midnight

sky behind her.

Helen.

Statuary 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Shot some statuary at the local

public gardens. Enjoyed the

picture-taking.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Rock portrait #8 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Returned to painting with joy today

after a brief absence.

Sitting at the table I paint at
was associated with pure happiness.

Completed another entry into my

series of still life paintings of rocks.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

Helen.

Citrus colours 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Citrus colours of yellow and green

seem to be making an appearance

in interiors.

Fresh and appealing they take a bit

of confidence to use.

Helen.

Tulip study 2010

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Dear Everyone:

I quite like these shots of tulips.

As the image is cropped in these shots

they are interesting rather than a straight-on

traditional single bloom shot.

Hope that you enjoy these images.

Helen.

Spring tulips (abstract) 2010

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Dear Everyone:

While shooting some red tulips at

a local garden my camera setting was

accidentally out of focus. I liked the effect

and am sharing those images with you today.

Hope you enjoy these images.

Helen.