Island Princess

Leilani, Island Princess.  24 x 30, Acrylic
Available in my etsy shop

I've been super busy painting, with several new pieces finished.  Here's the first...This needs a home in an island style bungalow...

Painted Ladies - Leilani

Leilani - 8x10

Painted Ladies #2

Color A Day #23 - Apricot

Image by camknows via Flickr

Apricots are my favorite fruit.  But it's hard to come by a really good, perfectly tree-ripened apricot.  The little hard rocks often passed off as apricots in the grocery store are, well...awful.  When I see these in the market I sigh with disappointment...because I know how amazing a really good apricot CAN be.  I once bought a crate of perfectly ripened, apricots from a roadside stand near Winters, CA. They were nearly the size of tennis balls, and plucked right from the tree earlier in the day.  Heaven.  Luscious and juicy.  Perfectly sweet, and slightly tangy.  Put eating a perfectly ripe Apricot on your bucket list, people. 

Truly,  I love apricots of any type.  I buy, and eat those tiny little never-gonna-ripen-properly-cause-they-were-picked-too-soon apricots in the supermarket.  And, I love them dried.  I use apricot preserves on my pancakes instead of maple syrup.  Trader Joe's used to carry a product called Apricot Sauce (made in France).  I bought these jars full of yummy in bulk.  For some inexplicable reason, they stopped carrying it a few years back.  I cried.  Really.

But, it's mid-winter and apricots of ANY variety are a rare sight.  So, I'll just have to resort to memory - and visuals.  Here it is: Color A Day #24 - Apricot.

from Vintage Printable

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Color A Day # 12 - Bird of Paradise

A friend and I were chatting today, and as we passed by a Bird of Paradise bush she remarked, "Oh, there's my favorite flower!".   I can see why it's her favorite.  It's such a showy looking blossom - with a shock of fiery, in-your-face orange plumage on it's crown.  I admire these flowers - with all their vibrant, pointed color - and featured a BOP prominently in one of my Frida Icon paintings. 

BOP, the bird.

BOP, The flower.

The Virgin Enthroned  by Alisa Proctor

  

Hey, Sailor

I do love a man in uniform. 
"Little Sailor" - 8x10, Mixed Media

Gunmetal Gray and Orange Treasury

 

I've created another Etsy Treasury.   http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=115586