Butterflies and Sunchokes

 

I LOVE sketching the butterflies in my garden while listening to cricket song!  It is so very relaxing, such I needed on this day.  A painting very like this one was accepted into a juried show, and I could not find it anywhere!  Normally very organized and methodical, I have been extra busy as of late, so thought I must have misplaced it. After painting, framing and tagging this one for the show, I realized that my missing painting was already juried into the previous show at the same gallery. I only realized it when they handed it to me when I was dropping off the new paintings!  I'm so happy it didn't sell, so I could turn it in for the Manhatten Edition of the Flint Hills Show through the Buttonwood Art Space.  And now I have another, a little brighter and bolder to enter into something else.  Painting number 3906 in 3906 days. 

Bumblebee and Sunchokes

The bumblebees LOVE the blooms of the sunchokes - so, of course, I HAD to paint them!  As I worked in my gardens today, the butterflies and bees were constantly on these blooms.  Once I got the chance, I did a small painting before the light was gone. It seems I am forever in a race with the sun!  This plant actually makes Jerusalem artichokes under the ground!  Painting number 4328 in 4328 days, and day 8 of the 30 day #stradaeasel painting challenge.