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A very rare treat to find fresh blue hydrangeas in the market today! I received another rare gift recently, a book of poetry from one of my collectors and someone I've grown quite fond of over the years. She has granted me permission to share some of her writings with you, and the poem on my blog today is one of my favorites from her book, Something Old, Something New, Poems by Margo Koller.

The studio models in the spotlight

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Color Burst Hydrangeas and a St. Louis Workshop by Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Color Burst Blue and White Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Archival Panel

Do you ever get this urge to just make bright, juicy color in oils? Color Burst Blue and White Hydrangeas was a response to the big, fluffy flowers in my studio today, left over from my Dallas workshop this weekend. These fresh hydrangeas are not going to last much longer, so I wanted to take advantage of their perkiness while it lasted.

I'm very excited to announce my first St. Louis, Missouri workshop, Painting Florals in Oil, to be held July 12, 13 and 14. The workshop was posted this morning, and the organizer sent me a note a few moments ago excited about how many people have signed up already! St. Louis is my home town, so I'm delighted to be teaching there, in such a beautiful place with so much history and culture, not to mention great restaurants and a beautiful botanical garden! Meet me in St. Louis for a fun three days of making flowers bloom in bright color.

Paint Saint Louis

Painting Florals in Oils With Nancy Medina

July 12-13, 2013

9 am to 4 pm

Click Here to Register

The Color Burst hydrangea models take a bow!

Friday, April 5, 2013

Little Bird Blue Hydrangeas and a Flower Painting Workshop by Nancy Medina

Little Bird Blue Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Archival Panel

What My Students Have to Say...

Little Bird Blue Hydrangeas is the newest small work, and I'm all set for my 3-day flower painting workshop that starts bright and early tomorrow morning! A visit to Central Market *sound of harps* today to pick over the best of their amazing fresh flower collection had my heart going pitty pat. I may have mentioned before, I can't take pictures of this flower market, because photos are not allowed, I was told by the flower security guard. I had my phone out at the time, and was clicking away like crazy, when she pointed up to the giant sign above my head that said NO PHOTOS in bold type. Once again, here I was, about to get kicked out of a flower market type situation. So alas, as much as I wanted to show you, I was not allowed because I chose to be a law abiding flower buying citizen. However, tune in to my art bloggy tomorrow and you'll see what I bought, as we paint flowers til the cows come home in North Texas.

Here's a link to what my students have to say, disclaimer, yes, I did ply them with fresh donuts!

Sunday, March 31, 2013

SOLD ~ Before the Storm Blue Hydrangeas by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Before the Storm Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

SOLD

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Oil on Archival Panel

Two of a Kind Blue Hydrangeas on the porch!

Before the Storm Blue Hydrangeas is the newest small work in the studio, a nod to the beautiful blue hydrangea plant I found at the nursery this week, along with geraniums, petunias, and fluffy green hanging ferns for our back yard retreat. Howard and his brother and sisters helped me plant all our new flowers in the garden today, and I'm hoping for many blossom models this spring for new paintings. Happy Easter from the pugs and I in Flower Mound Studio!

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Two of a Kind Blue Hydrangeas by Texas Flower Artist Nancy Medina

Two of a Kind Blue Hydrangeas

by Nancy Medina

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Oil on Archival Panel