Calla Lily in Blue

 I've been in a Calla Lily state of mind recently.  First, I love the flower, but I also love using shading to show the wonderful shapes that this flower takes.  You'll see in the next few pieces, some of the various takes that I have done with this flower.

In this one, I decided to use a beautiful light blue background versus the normal dark black or blue.  Made it seem much more delicate, I think.

Pink Hibiscus 2026

While golfing one day, I saw this beautiful hibiscus.  I've painted a lot of hibiscus blooms in my painting career, but the look of this one grabbed me.  It was kind of bent out of shape, but had a beautiful pink hue.

So, I decided to paint it for our "door painting" and it turned out great. 

Fall Features in AI

 This was really interesting!  A friend asked me to paint a Fall painting for her with the colors from that season and a barn.  She has a Spring and Winter scene to put outside her door and wanted to add Fall.

So, I started looking for some inspiration in books or online.  But, I decided that I could just as well us AI (ChatGPT in this case) to find something  So, I asked to see a scene and got one in 30 seconds.  But, then I asked GPT to add some other features, a red barn vs brown, some more bushes, and a path.  And, it did it.

So, I used that as inspriation, but did the painting my way.  This was the result.  Some might say that this is cheating.  I say that it is using technology for inspiration.

Halloween in Florida

Now, this was fun!  One of our staff here asked me to create an image that they could use on a card for our Halloween gift of toys for local needy kids.  Her thought was that I might paint one.

After thinking about how to do this, I decided to use AI as the technique.  So, I asked ChatGPT if it could create an image that had a Florida scene, some Halloween images like ghosts, and also pumpkins.  In 30 seconds, this is what it came up with.

WOW!

Cabin & Boat

 

This is a really moody piece.  I like doing boats as one can see from past posts.  But, the dark and moody presentation here makes for a nice look here.  A very different from my usual colorful paintings. 

Painting like this ask what is the story that needs to be told.  Who's boat? Where are they?  Who lives here? And, what about the storm?  Make your own story. 

More Cosmos

 I loved this image of the yellow flowers in a weathered tin can.  I think that the previous yellow poppies made me think more in yellow hues.  So, I had some fun doing this.  The challenge in both the flowers and the tin can is using light and shadow to create a three dimensional look on a two dimensional canvas.

This is another small door painting and will be hanging outside our door soon, unless someone decides that they want it!

Sandy's Winter

 A friend here at Siena Lakes was missing the snow in winter.  She wanted a "door painting" that showed winter.  This is what I did with that direction.  

The fun part of doing snow is that you can use large amounts of white paint and create a three dimensional look, especially on things like roofs.

A painting friend says that this looks like a Hallmark card.  I guess it does.