Still Life with Wellingtons

I am so glad I decided to start posting these other works of mine…I’ve always thought them a bit too large, but with this kind of response I guess I will continue :))
Thank you so much Estelle…I’m happy you like it….

What a great idea!!maybe someone who owns a cottage will be inspired to take advantage of the sale that’s going on now…thank you so much Jan…I’m glad you like it.

Thank you so much Deborah…I’m glad you do… :)))

Thank you so much Anna…I’m happy you like it.. :)))

I love to see that Bradley…art Zroback has a ring to it…thank you so much.. :))

How nice of you Elaine…I will be posting more like this, now I see that they are in fact not too large…thank you so much…

Oh yes…there is a romance to everyday things that people tend to overlook…e.g.think of all the memories associated with an old key….I like to portray the ordinary in a different way, to make you think..thank you so much Faith…. :))

And I love that you do…thank you so much…:)))

What a wonderful compliment Neo…thank you so much… :))

I’m so glad…thank you so much Bev… :))

Thank you so much Bev…I’m happy you think so… :))

Welcome and thank you so much…I’m glad you like it. :))

Welcome Esther…I’m so glad you like it…thank you so much… :))

Thanks again…:)))

Do you have doors that belong nowhere too?...I had lots and last year finally plucked up the courage to have them taken away…they were in my garage…good solid doors…but they had to go…I kept them for so long wondering what to do with them…I still have one or two…
I still have bells in most rooms…have never taken them out…who rang them and why is a mystery…there was only one owner before me and she is dead now…it will be a mystery forever…there are many more mysteries in my house…maybe I should write about it..there is a ghost…

I haven’t seen white ones…here it’s mostly green or black…thanks so much for the compliment Jim…I’m glad you like the painting…

I’m so pleased you like mine!!..thank you so much Erhan…

How wonderful Colombe…I’m very flattered that it resonated with you so much…thank you…

Thank you so much…I’m happy you like it..

Yes I am working on a series of these, with a similar theme…something I habitually do…I’ve started to post collections that I usually don’t, as they are shown elsewhere or sold…plus I thought they were too large…but they seem to be o.k. for cards too, so I’m going to add more…thanks so much Fee, for the lovely compliment…

Welcome Donna…thank you so much, and thank you for adding me to your watchlist.. :)))

Just new to RB… I have been doing these larger works for some years now…most are now gone, and I just started on some new ones, that I decided to post including this and the one previous..I’m glad you like them…thanks so much Tone…

Thank you so much Claudia…I’m glad you do… :))

Thank you so much Linda…
We call them wellingtons too or sometimes gumboots….as you can see I am posting works from my other series..and tonight I posted a different style…the rapidly painted watercolour sketch I did today to illustrate a poem…...

Yes the snowdrop painting itself took much less time…it’s one of thsoe fast and loose ones…I was counting the time from when I read the poem…
I posted it so more people can read the poem, which was the important factor for me…you can also see the painting in it’s largest size too…I just finished posting it…

I am also a decorative painter, (muralist) so I know how to make anything look like something else, and that is the part of being an artist I most enjoy…the total creativity that’s involved..

Those are the things I do best…the surface of things…and from now on I am going to concentrate a lot more on them in my work for RB…so far I’ve been loading only certain works that I paint just for RB…but I’ve decided to post some of the other work I do, if I feel it will work well as a print and will appeal to a wide audience…thanks so much Karin…I’m really pleased with your response.. :))
BTW, Linda was referring to another painting… not this one…

Thank you so much Colleen…I’m happy you like it..

So nice to see you Tezz…I’m happy you love the painting…thank you so much…

I’m glad you like it….that GREAT makes me smile…thank so much KJ…

More like a grin most of the time…

I meant in real life…not the photo here… :)))))

Welcome Val…watch these pages for more paintings like this as it’s the start of a new series…I’m so glad you like it…thank you so much…

Thank you so much Lucinda.. I’m going to add more of these to RB… :)))

How nice of you!!....thank you so much…

Thank you so much Scarlet…I enjoy painting in series, but try to make each one a little bit different….I am sure you can as well… :)))

You are so right…they really make you feel you can go anywhere in the garden and have perfectly dry feet…I really loved painting them…thank you so much Joanne, for your lovely comment…

I’m glad you like them…thank you so much Robert…

Welcome and thank you so much… :))

Welcome and thank you so much…spring is here.. :)))

They are great for the garden….I’m so glad it brings back lovely memories..thanks so much Jan… :))

What fabulous news…I am really pleased…

I thought the originals which are quite large, would not be suitable for cards, as to photograph the whole mage I would have to take it further away, but in fact they turned out o.k….thank you so much Jan…very nice of you..