Friday, May 20, 2011

Paint Party Friday all day...and night




My beautiful Irises are almost finished blooming.  The inspiration from their colorful hues, however, remains. Vincent Van Gogh painted many an iris from his native Holland and in his honor for Paint Party Friday; I offer my version of the many hued flowers.  One is titled Day-ly Iris and the other; yup you guessed it…Night-ly Iris.  Sorry for the poor quality of the photos, I'm not the best of photographers.



I never tire of painting the ruffles and ridges of these flowers, and the variations, well they are just amazing!

Glad things are working the way they are supposed to work today.  Don’t think I could deal with another week of issues.  A new router arrived, blogger decided to behave, and the sun is shining so all is right with the world.   I just feel like doing nothing, but I will be late opening the store….Could it be, that I am getting distracted?   You betcha!

Visit all the wonderful art to be discovered at Paint Party Friday.   Thanks to Kristen and Eva…they are the best!

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh my gosh what a beautiful iris,, I love Irises and have painted a couple,, yours are truly beautiful,,

Valerie-Jael said...

Your irises are lovely, especially the night one! Hope things soon run more smoothly for you! Happy PPF, Valerie

Å olanje na domu-Waldorf said...

These flowers are just amazing to me. Love them!

Abela said...

The flowers are great, especially the second one is my favorite, get the essence of a flower is not easy. Saludos

SHERI COOK said...

Your flower art is great! HAPPY PPF!

Lee Pierce said...

Beautiful Irises! Have a great Friday, Crystal :D

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Hi
Thank You so much for visiting my Blog especially as it's my first time. Your words meant the world to me and has given me encouragement to consider keeping my art supplies out and using them.
Those flowers are remarkable in their beauty.
Wishes
Lynne

Victoria said...

Wow!! Both are exqusitely gorgeous..I have a love for irises too and this post was so delightful and beautiful!
Victoria

Anonymous said...

Your Irises are just fabulous! I love painting them too for all the same reasons. Ours don't bloom till later in the summer...can't wait. The sun is shining with beautiful blue sky here too and I'd rather do nothing but sit out on the deck and enjoy. But alas, I have errands to run. Happy PPF! :-)

Pam Tucker said...

Crystal, your irises are gorgeous! I am in love with the first one. Those colors are just beautiful! Love, love, love it! :)

EVA said...

Thank you Crystal! :)

These are absolutely gorgeous! Mine aren't up yet but now i will be looking to them for inspiration. How wonderful to also have these in your garden.

EVA said...

oh - and I just noticed the Moon in Nightly - How charming!!

Netty said...

Your irises are superb and loving the background of the second one.
Happy PPF, Annette x

Jehanne's doodles said...

Oh these are gorgeous!! I particular like the night one :)

Jenny said...

Simply stunning..I'm a huge fan of irises, and lilies too. One of these days I really want to give painting them a try...you certainly help inspire me to do it :)x

peggy gatto said...

Your flower details are really exceptional and I love both color ways!!!

Julie Prichard said...

These are fantastic! Happy PPF!

Kat Sloma said...

I love iris too, they are such an interesting flower. In Keizer, Oregon, there is a place that sells iris and in may you can see all of the many varieties in bloom in their display gardens and choose them to order. Gorgeous! Your paintings are amazing. Happy PPF.

Julie said...

I love irises, yours are beautiful. I especially like the night version.

Denise Mulligan said...

STUNNING! You really do lovely work! I really like the one with the moon in it myself ;)

Have a great weekend!

Craftymoose Crafts said...

Irises are among my favorite flowers, and you did a beautiful job capturing them on canvas!

Magic Love Crow said...

Great paintings Crystal! The second one is my favourite! It looks very magical! Have a great one ;o)

Tammie Lee said...

oh my, these are lovely~

Kristin Dudish said...

So, so beautiful... I love all of those beautiful ruffles and ridges - I'll never tire of looking at them :)

I love your through a child's eyes post. Tyler was outside with Bob the other day (when it wasn't raining! ha!) and he knocked on the door, dandelion in hand. I melt whenever I hear the words, "Mom, I picked this just for you."

xo
Kristin

Anonymous said...

these are stunning! i love that you did a day and night version. the detail is so good-it is very clear how much you really do enjoy painting the ridges and ruffles of these beautiful flowers!

maddyrose said...

I love irises. They're my favorite flower and I've usually got a bunch of them this time of year but because of an extensive landscaping project this year I have none.Thanks to you it's like looking out the window and seeing them in my garden.

Heather said...

Oh these are so beautiful crystal. You are so talented, and i can that you like making the little ruffles and details of them....really well done! Glad your new router came! all is well now in blog world, too! knock wood!
xoxox

Leovi said...

Excellent composition. I love the texture and beautiful tones. Very nice and exotic flower.

Christine said...

what a neat idea to do a day and night version.

Gerri Herbst said...

Beautiful iries.Thanks for yr sweet comments on my peony painting today.

GlorV1 said...

Your Irises are just beautiful!! Yes a tribute to Van Gogh who I also admire very much. You've done a great job, way to go! Happy PPF!

Unknown said...

oh these paintings took my breath away!!! just gorgeous!!!

Paula - Buenos Aires said...

Wonderful flowers, such lovely hues.
Thanks for your weekly thoughtful comments on my blog!
PS: I´m even considering a second cross stitch in that style, this time for our girl. :)

Carola Bartz said...

Very beautiful irises.

Terrie said...

OMG - just gorgeous! So detailed and true to life. What a lot of talent you have.

Anne Butera said...

Your iris paintings are so beautiful! Our irises just started blooming. It's our first spring here, so they will all be surprises when they pop! I'm not sure if I'll be brave enough to try to paint them. Yours turned out wonderfully!

ger chouinard said...

Beautiful Crystal! LOVE the light house too, smuggled some sand home from the Bahamas in my suitcase 2 weeks ago ... too funny! :)

Mary Hysong said...

Beautiful, the both of them! I love iris's too. have some growing around the house that my granny planted more than 50 years ago as well as some newer varieties. Happy PPF.

Rosie Kaplan said...

Beautiful paintings

Heather Foust said...

These are sooooo lovely!!! Beautiful!!! I adore Iris's. My problem is they do not say in the garden long enough.

AtelierBrigitte said...

Lovely paintings!

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