YOUR FAVORITE FLOWER?

PEONY PASSION
by Sea Dean
10" x 8" Low Profile Wrap Canvas


Currently available at Daily Paintworks

RADIATE I
by Sea Dean
6" x 6" Wrap Canvas
Framed as shown
Now available at Artfinder


With all the garden shows in our area it's hard to ignore that this is flower season. I read a blog recently that asked for readers to share their favorite flower. I was quite fascinated to read the answers. I wonder if blogs in other parts of the world would come up with different results. I actually went back and counted all 270 choices and the clear winner was the lucious PEONY chosen 34 times,  followed by the DAISY with 25 (no surprises there) and runner up, a tie between ROSES and SUNFLOWERS. Also popular were POPPY, a favorite of Georgia O' Keefe with 14 votes and HYDRANGEA with 15 votes, both loved by many daily painters.

GIVERNY 1900 by Sea Dean after Claude Monet

 Currently Available at Daily Paintworks

Some surprises were that Claude Monets favorites, IRIS and WATERLILY had only one vote each and they are some of the most famous flower paintings in the world. There were also some unusual one vote flowers to research; the amusing Dutchmans Britches, Maga and Margarita, Psychotria Elata (which apparently looks like lips), Spiked Rampion, Schersmin, Laurina Blossom, Lisianthus and Borage. More surprises came with Gladiolus, Cherry Blossom, Orchid, and Carnation with only one or two votes. And Daffodils only 5 votes and Tulips only 7. Even grouping all types of lily, they still only achieved 9 votes.

STAR PERFORMANCE by Sea Dean SOLD

My favorite bouquet flower is STARGAZER LILY. They are outrageously beautiful and their perfume is out of this world. I love receiving cut flowers, but so many die or droop quickly, not the proud Stargazer! I also love luscious deep red PEONIES and PETUNIAS because my father planted them and I plan to paint the gorgeous bouquet of silk peonies on my dining table at the moment. In memory of my grandmother, who loved her small garden, there are, HYDRANGEAS and PANSIES. For my sister her name translates as LILY OF THE VALLEY. For my mother SUNFLOWERS AND GERANIUM for garden favorites and GLADIOLI as cut flowers.

More of my favorites are VIOLETS and SNOWDROPS, which stir memories of making posies for my mother, grandmother and teachers when I was a child. And BLUEBELLS, BUTTERCUPS, COWSLIPS, DAISIES, FIREWEED, FOX GLOVES, FRANGIPANI, HOLLYHOCKS, LUPINES, SNAP DRAGONS and STEPHANOTIS all have their special place in my heart.

BUTTER UP BUTTERCUP by Sea Dean

Currently Available at Daily Paintworks

I think we usually choose certain flowers because they have a special connection, perhaps they were a grandmother's favorite, or it starred in your first bouquet. I've given my choices and now it's your turn. What are your favorite flowers and why? I love to read your comments.

LIBERATE YOUR ART POSTCARD SWAP - Artist Sheila Delgado

PEONY PASSION by Sea Dean

PEONY PASSION
8" x 10" Wrap Canvas
$90

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Postcard by Sheila Delgado

This lovely design is from my friend Sheila Delgado in California. It is only required to swap 5 postcards through Kat Sloma's project, but some of the swap participants arrange many more swaps privately with participating artists or those that didn't get their work in on time. I don't know how many extras Sheila did this year but I was one of the lucky ones to receive an extra postcard.

On the back Sheila has quoted Branda Ueland ...

"Imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering."

... sounds good to me!

I met Sheila through the internet. She is mainly focused on decorative design and studies and creates daily. You can follow her blog and see more of her work here.

The hen is a very recent purchase from a thrift store. I thought he would be nice to put on the breakfast tray in the morning. I suspect he was made in Scandinavia or Germany from some kind of very smooth light wood. I think they look perfect together.

I wanted to find something in my work that echoed Sheila's style and the painting above seemed to fit. This painting was from last year at a time when I was experimenting with adding more texture to my work. I love it's swirling energy. (And I love peonies!)

More about Kat Sloma's project here.


REF 4110 Peony Passion

PEONY PASSION - Exclusive Bidding Silent Auction - LOT 9

LOT 9 - PEONY PASSION
By SEA DEAN

Bid on my exclusive limited time SILENT AUCTION here 
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An auction collection of recent works by Sea Dean and others. 
How do I bid?

It's really very simple...

1. Visit the website, or come to one of my upcoming shows to view the lots.
2. Enjoy the work on offer (you can hover to see details or click to see a larger image with more details). Some is from my own hand and some is from my peer collection.
3. Choose which pieces you would like to bid on and click the link in details. 
4. The link creates an email so you can send me your bidding details.
5. As bids come in I update the website and my paper record to correspond.
6. On November 15th at midnight PST bidding ends. 
7. Winning bidders will receive an invoice from Paypal with the name of the work, your bid and shipping. Tax is included. Multiple items to the same bidder will be shipped together.
8. On payment your item(s) will be shipped within 3 days in plenty of time for holiday giving.


Cat # 14110 Peony Passion

PINK PEONIES and OUR WONDERFUL MOTHERS CELEBRATE

I love peonies, they are so luscious and feminine, especially the pink ones. What better gift for Mother's Day? Which brings me to a point. Every country in the world has a different day especially for mothers,how wierd is that? Don't you think they should standardize it? I have to remember mother's in the USA, Canada, Australia, Central and South America and England, many with different days. Phew! 
But I think at least Australia and England celebrate it in May. 


PINK PEONIES
ORIGINAL ART by Sea Dean 

8" x 6" on Strathmore Windpower (see earlier blog)

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The photo was a bit dark so I scanned a brighter version. 

Cat # 130102 Pink Peonies