Wednesday, March 21, 2007

First Flowers-Sold on Ebay

Oil on Linen Canvas Board 6" by 8" - © 2007 Linda Warner Constantino

I used a limited palette on this painting, too. My friend at a local nursery picked these for me. They hung around for a couple of days so I had to paint them before they were gone. I don't often paint flowers but I gave these a try.

4 comments:

jeisea said...

Hi Linda
Your paintings have a certain vibrancy. I really like them. I painted portraits before I smashed my wrist and developed a pain syndrome. I take photos and look at natural ways of helping myself. My blogs

http://www.crps-rsd-a-better-life.blogspot.com

I envy you. Make the most of your time. You never know what the future holds.
jeisea

Linda Warner Constantino said...

Thank you for your nice comments. It happens that during my reckless youth I broke my collar bone and rib on my left side and I am left handed. I have developed chronic pain issues on my left side. Of course this happened when I really wanted to paint more!
Part of the reason I paint small is to work around this. I also read about a painter who only paints for 20 minutes at a time and forces himself to take a break to keep from getting to tense and revving up a cycle of pain. So I do this too.
I also teach Photoshop and painting digitally with a Wacom tablet. I find that this helps me think and work like a painter with a totally different posture set and no mess to clean up.
Good luck with your quest for relief. I will check out your site.
Linda

PA Dumpster Diving Dude said...

I know I am a guy, but I love these flowers! I dont know what it is but they are awesome. Great work! I love your tropical pics also!

Linda Warner Constantino said...

Thank you so much for your comments!!!! - Especially since this was the first floral I have put up on my blog.

Linda