"Chilly Spring Walk" by Lynda Cookson

It's just the right time of year for a "Chilly Spring Walk" in your local nature trail (if you're in the northern hemisphere like we are!). The days are really beautiful with ever-changing days of April showers, sunshine and nippy breezes, and light white clouds in the blue sky. All the little flowers are heralding the onset of Spring and I am having loads of fun picking little wild posies to dot around the house. Lawn Daisies are my favourites and I love how they pop up within hours of the lawn being mown.

My "Chilly Spring Walk" painting, oil on paper, is available as the ORIGINAL HERE

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My "Chilly Spring Walk" painting, oil on paper, is available as the ORIGINAL HERE

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the image for prints and giclees is available as an INSTANT DOWNLOAD HERE

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"Red Poppy" by Lynda Cookson

I just put this one up today. The Poppy Collection I did a couple of years ago, whilst working towards a commission painting, remain one of my favourites. They usually pop up where their scarlet petals show up best, in fields of Lavender or Corn. This is what google has to say about what Poppies represent:

"In the spring of 1915, shortly after losing a friend in Ypres, a Canadian doctor, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae was inspired by the sight of poppies growing in battle-scarred fields to write a now famous poem called 'In Flanders Fields'. After the First World War, the poppy was adopted as a symbol ofRemembrance."

This painting is simply called "Red Poppy" and is a palette knife painting (what else if from me! LOL) on paper, with a white matt board. It's set against a creamy yellow background as if waving around happily in a field of corn.

The unframed measurements are Width 12" by Height 11" (or Width 30 cm x Height 28 cms)

The original painting if for sale HERE

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 The original painting if for sale HERE



The original painting if for sale HERE

 The instant digital download is available HERE

The instant digital download is available HERE

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"Blossoms" by Paula Formanek

What's on My Easel?? ...

Inspired by a beautiful apple tree in my backyard, I actually started this one last Spring but the thick 🎨paint🎨 took a long time to 'dry' ... I got back to it a few days ago, before I picked up the flu. Just looking at it makes me feel better ... I will call it 'Blossoms', thick oil with knife impasto on canvas, still a WIP ...

"Blossoms" by Paula Formanek

"Chilly Spring Walk" by Lynda Cookson

A new one - in fact the first one of thirty as I've just taken on the 30 Day challenge of 30 paintings in 30 days.

"Chilly Spring Walk" is an oil on paper, palette knife painted (of course!) and about 7" x 10" in size. Available to purchase.

"Chilly Spring Walk" by Lynda Cookson

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"Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson

A palette knife was used in this painting to mainly to move the white background to places I wanted it to be. The other colours were dropped in.

"Dipped in Cream" is now at The Gaslamp Gallery in Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland and will be featured in their Spring exhibition.

The Gaslamp Gallery : http://www.thegaslampgallery.com

 "Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson

Detail of  "Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson

Detail of  "Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson

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"Petunia Pair" by Lynda Cookson

It's amazing how often a palette knife is picked up and used during the creation of mixed-tool paintings.

"Petunia Pair" - which is now being exhibited by The Gaslamp Gallery in Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland - is just such an example. The white background was spread with my favourite palette knife and bits and parts of the flowers were encouraged into place using that same palette knife ... and the other tools are a mystery! LOL Simply because I can't remember what I used!!

So often a painting is created while I'm in a sort of arty farty daze, instinctively using whatever medium or tool is necessary to create the final effect ... and, like a chef who doesn't use a recipe, it's hard to remember what was used, when someone asks at the end of the process!

You can access The Gaslamp Gallery website here: http://www.thegaslampgallery.com/
(You won't find my paintings up on the gallery at the moment as they are being held back for a Spring launching ... but they're there ... just ask!)

"Pair of Petunias" by Lynda Cookson

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Sweet Spring, by NY artist, Celeste Plowden

12x12 acrylic on canvas, available for sale at

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Original oil paintings by Karen Tarlton ~ Violin Melody and Spring Romance

 Spring Romance

12x12

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Violin Melody

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Original oil painting Lake Tahoe Spring by Karen Tarlton

Lake Tahoe Spring

16x20

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Nesting

12x8 oil on panel
Judith Silver

Zephyr by NY artist, Celeste Plowden

8x10 acrylic on canvas, sides painted, wired and ready to hang, available on chairish.com

"Spring Has Sprung" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

This is a bit of revamp of an earlier painting.  We have very little luck with forsythias in our yard, never have figured out why.  Our neighbors to the east of us have had good luck this year, so I was inspired by their fortune.  Spring days appear to be here.  Finally.

"Spring Has Sprung" 8"x10" palette knife oil painting on canvas panel, $125 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, contact me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

"My Iris" by Karla Nolan, palette knife oil painting

Okay, I'm jumping the gun on spring, I admit it.  In fact, it is snowing again as I type, heading into April.  The green foliage has emerged from the ground but the iris buds are not ready to peek out yet.  I'm more than ready to see this iris plant once more.  Enough with the snow!

"My Iris, 7"x5" palette knife oil painting on canvas panel, $45 includes s/h in continental U.S., Paypal accepted, contact me for more information at KarlaNolan@gmail.com

Neoteric by Celeste Plowden NY artist

8x10 acrylic on canvas, sides painted, wired on back. Available at my

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Dogwood painting, Small oil painting, daily painting, 6x8" Oil

It's dogwood time in Appalachia!  Any day now the landscape of North Carolina, Virginia etc. will burst into bloom.  If my #1 have to be in the mountains time is fall, spring runs closely as 2nd.

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If you have never been there when everything bursts into bloom....do yourself a favor and plan a trip today!

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Impressionist landscape Miniature painting, Spring Meadow by Marion Hedger

Spring Meadow by Marion Hedger

10x15 cm oil on panel

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Looking forward to taking a drive to see the spring meadows here in Provence. 

This small painting has lovely texture

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Urban Spring by NY artist Celeste Plowden

Shades of sky blue, yellow green, grey, white, indigo, and pink show off a scene of early spring in a city, high rise buildings or skyscrapers complete with flowering flowering trees, in this impressionist or abstract landscape painting.

Acrylic on canvas, UV varnish, sides painted, wired and ready to hang. Painted with a palette knife for texture.. 8x10

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Spring Bouquet by NY artist, Celeste Plowden

Blue and green leaves uphold a bouquet of pink, white and yellow spring flowers, in this floral impressionist painting.

Acrylic on canvas, UV varnish, sides painted, wired and ready to hang. Painted with a palette knife for texture. 8x10

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Early Spring in the Park, by NY artist Celeste Plowden

Shades of sky blue, yellow green, grey, white and pink show off a scene of early spring in an urban park, in this impressionist or abstract landscape painting.

Acrylic on canvas, UV varnish, sides painted, wired and ready to hang. Painted with a palette knife for texture.8x10

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Persephone, by New York artist, Celeste Plowden

Persephone, from the legends of Greek and Roman mythology, finally escaped the confines of the underworld and became the essence of Spring, which she loved. Bright yellow greens fly out of a dark, autumnal space of burgundy, which, when gliding upward, becomes leaves and flowers in a background of warm reds and yellows. This abstract floral is painted with acrylic on canvas, UV varnish, sides painted, wired and ready to hang. Painted with a palette knife for texture. 11x14
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