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Detail: Sanctuary, The Women's Garden in the Dallas Arboretum 16X20  |
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June 19, 2010 Flower Mound Art Studio |
Wild Abandon, Sunflower
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Can you hear the sizzle?
Well then it must be summer! We are frying eggs on the sidewalks in Dallas this month. It's been a great month in the studio, some new ribbons for the wall, a New Web Site and a total redesign on My Art Blog!
The good news is, paint dries quickly when it's 100 degrees outside. The bad news is the air conditioner took a vacation on the first 90-plus day in the studio! Fortunately my resourceful hubby went to his favorite store, (initials start with HD) and bought a portable AC unit. His mission was an official success when all three four-footed studio assistants plopped down in front of this miraculous contraption on wheels the moment we plugged it in.
Wherever you may be, fill up a mason jar to the brim with ice cold sweet (pronounced SUH-WEEET) tea. It's summertime in Flower Mound, TX!
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Texas Red, Geranium  |
A Huge Thank You to My New Collectors!
This has been my busiest month in history for sales and activity at Flower Mound Art Studio. A huge thank you to my newest collectors. There are new Medina originals hanging in beautiful homes in these locations:
Goodyear, Arizona
Birmingham, Alabama
Winter Park, Florida
Dallas, Texas
Norwalk, Connecticut
Plano, Texas
Durham, North Carolina
Mystic, Connecticut
Grapevine, Texas
Henderson, Nevada
Seguin, Texas
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AnnieBee and Me  |
Finding Inspiration in the Sunshine...
Dozens of sunflowers are on the verge of opening in my back yard garden this week. The tallest sunflower in my yard is well over 8 feet high, and five budding flowers are beginning to peer down at me from its highest quarters. I've watched the little groups of aphids and helper bugs create their colonies on the lower leaves of this giant sunflower, and imagine leaves on the higher levels are probably the more expensive penthouse bug properties, since only a few rather fat bugs live up there.
I am hoping this large sunflower plant sprouts those big dinner plate sized blossoms like the ones my parents grew on our organic farm in East Texas. I will be posting pictures on my art blog when these finally open, so stay tuned!
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Blue Ribbons for Red Blossoms
I was absolutely thrilled to be presented this month with the first place award for my geranium painting by the Trinity Arts Guild, one of the oldest art societies in Dallas. A Quiet Morning, Geraniums and Irises, won the blue ribbon in the largest category for the open show, competing with paintings submitted from across the US. It was a tremendous honor to be recognized among such a talented group of individuals.
A Quiet Morning, Geraniums and Irises, 16X20 |
A Quiet Morning, Geraniums and Irises
Trinity Arts Guild Open Show |
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Warm Breeze Poppy Field by Nancy Medina
Sennelier Oils on Museum Quality Linen Board
16X20
Warm Breeze is one of my favorite new landscapes in the studio this month. These red poppies were spring bloomers at the Dallas Arboretum that caught my eye.
Warm Breeze Poppy Field is painted on my favorite substrate, linen on a lightweight custom designed base. I use the finest archival quality artist oils when I paint. My works of art are created to last a few lifetimes, and, best of all, my flowers never fade.
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Jar of Wishes, Still Life Lessons
Jar of Wishes, Sunflowers and Daisies  | Jar of Wishes, Sunflowers and Daisies
Sennelier Oils on Museum Quality Linen Board
16X20
I always
feel a little guilty when I leave the grocery store with an armful of
flowers, a bag of chips and some cookies instead of eggs and cheese
like normal people. The checkout clerks at Kroger give one another a
knowing look when they see me push my cart up to the line filled with
flowers. They haven't quite gotten over the day I set a vase full of
flowers on the conveyer belt from the refrigerated section of the
floral department (where things are so marked up in price only insane
flower smitten artists would purchase them). When the lovely bouquet in
its vase reached the "end" of the conveyer belt, over it went, spilling
a quart of ice cold water everywhere.
These sunflowers and
delphiniums were a bit better behaved in the checkout line. They braved
the Texas heat all the way home and stayed perky for their careers as
professional models in Flower Mound Studio this evening.
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Summer Song Wildflowers  |
Summer Song Wildflowers
Sennelier Oils on Museum Quality Linen Board
12X16
Summer Song Wildflowers is based on the fields of the farm where I grew up, which were filled with Indian paintbrushes every summer as far as the eye could see. I used to walk out to the pond at dusk each evening after dinner to see the sunset in this field. My father had stocked the pond with catfish, and my souldog Buddy was always by my side, picking up crunchy sticks and enjoying all the wonderful smells. Sometimes I dream about those summer days on the farm and wish I could have just one more.
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Annie's Toy du Jour  | Break Time!
Activity Director
and Lead Studio
Assistant
AnnieBee
insists that
break times
occur
every hour
on the hour.
After all,
someone's
got to
Throw
That!!
Ball!!!
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Coronado Glow, 12X16  |
Paintings From Coronado Island
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Nancy Medina Art
Flower Mound Studio
Flower Mound, Texas
All Images Copyright 2010
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