White Flowers - acrylic on canvas (20" x 28")

Today was a great day for painting - inside!!!  Oh my, this winter is hanging on with a vengence.  All day we had a mix of rain/snow/sleet.  Right at freezing temps - so the precip couldn't decide what to do!!! 

First - please excuse this photo.  It's not a good representation of the colors in the painting because I shot it inside with artificial light.  My "photography studio" is outside - no way could I use that today!  But I'm pretty happy with this painting and wanted to share it with you.  I'll replace it with a better image - "someday . . . ."  (Soon I hope!!)   This is another piece done with a palette knife.  I'm just having so much fun exploring this loose/free expressive way to paint.  And today I used two new "tools."  Woo hoo!!!  1)  a much bigger and new palette knife, so I can get some "smoother" areas (especially in the background), and 2) some Super Heavy Body white acrylic paint.  Oops - didn't mean to buy that!  I found a big ol' jar of white paint and was a happy camper because I'm using TONS of paint with this palette knife technique.  I didn't notice this was the SUPER heavy body - and boy is it thick!  Hmmmm . . . what to do?  I decided to turn this into one of those "happy accidents."  You know what?  I love the texture in the flowers!!! 

Okay - so here's my  plea for help.  I'm running out of names for my floral paintings.  Any ideas for a title for this piece? 

Better finish making my chicken soup - perfect for this winter night.  I'm gonna think positive thoughts and enjoy a beautiful evening with a delicious bowl of soup - then relax by the fire and watch the Olympics.  Hope you have a beautiful evening, too -