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 St. Louis Blues - Hydrangea by Nancy Medina 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for my Newsletter Pardon my pause button recently, I've landed safely in St. Louis and we are well into our second day of flower painting here in my hometown near the arch! Shortly after my feet touched the ground, I was whisked away to "flower row" downtown by my hosts and walked into a little bit of heaven on earth. These are the warehouses that fill an entire city block where fresh flowers are shipped in from around the country for distributors and flower shops around the state. Peonies, sunflowers, agapanthus, blue and white hydrangeas, larkspur, and more - my heart was going pitty pat and we loaded up wheeled carts of fresh flowers for my class this weekend. On Friday we painted red geraniums and today blue hydrangeas. Tomorrow - sunflowers and purple crepe...

Blue Summer Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Sign Up for my Newsletter Here A very rare treat to find fresh blue hydrangeas in the market today! I received another rare gift recently, a book of poetry from one of my collectors and someone I've grown quite fond of over the years. She has granted me permission to share some of her writings with you, and the poem on my blog today is one of my favorites from her book, Something Old, Something New, Poems by Margo Koller. The studio models in the spotlight

   Morning Garden Azure Blue Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 16X20 Palette Knife/Oil Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook I dusted off my palette knife and attempted to capture the dappled light, the warm blue purples and the chilly cold greenery of my back porch hydrangeas this morning. Morning Garden Blue Hydrangeas is packed with a punch of color, and I was in the mood for bright color, especially when I saw the back lit flowers with just a hint of azure coming through the fuschia pinks in my potted garden. I've been feeding my hydrangeas scandalous amounts of gardening fertilizer to give them a blue boost. I'm sure at some point I will learn when how much is too much, but for now they are thriving! I've shared  a photo of one of the pots of blue blossoms on my art blog for you . See now why I could not resist painting them? Morning Garden on the porch

Little Bird Blue Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Little Bird Blue Hydrangeas is the newest small work, and I'm all set for my 3-day flower painting workshop that starts bright and early tomorrow morning! A visit to Central Market *sound of harps* today to pick over the best of their amazing fresh flower collection had my heart going pitty pat. I may have mentioned before, I can't take pictures of this flower market, because photos are not allowed, I was told by the flower security guard. I had my phone out at the time, and was clicking away like crazy, when she pointed up to the giant sign above my head that said NO PHOTOS in bold type. Once again, here I was, about to get kicked out of a flower market type situation. So alas, as much as I wanted to show you, I was not allowed because I chose to be a law abiding flower buying citizen. Howeve...

Before the Storm Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina SOLD 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Before the Storm Blue Hydrangeas is the newest small work in the studio, a nod to the beautiful blue hydrangea plant I found at the nursery this week, along with geraniums, petunias, and fluffy green hanging ferns for our back yard retreat. Howard and his brother and sisters helped me plant all our new flowers in the garden today, and I'm hoping for many blossom models this spring for new paintings. Two of a Kind Blue Hydrangeas on the porch!

Tabletop Tableau Blue Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 20X24 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canva s Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Tabletop Tableau Blue Hydrangeas is a mixture of a few of my favorite things - sunflowers, geraniums, hydrangeas, daisies and green apples! I've started work on a new four foot container garden painting for my show on Coronado Island near San Diego, California , coming up in April. I can hardly wait to visit this beautiful island during the flower show, and fill up my camera's memory stick and my computer hard drives with another few hundred flower photos !

Blue Ascent Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 16X20 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Blue Ascent Hydrangeas is the newest painting as my hydrangeas are almost finished blooming. It's been a busy day, staying with mom and so happy she has had several good days in a row. I tried an experiment this afternoon I had seen on youtube, where you can take a fading hydrangea, cut a slice down the side of its stem, and place it in super hot water to push it back to full bloom. I was amazed it worked! I'll share the photos with you tomorrow, after I've had a bit of sleep! Blue Ascent with the studio models!

Hearts Wing Blue Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina SOLD 16X12 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Hearts Wing Blue Hydrangeas is the newest small work in the studio. The big ole blue hydrangea plant I carried out of the market a few days ago (whilst trumpets played) is still looking perky, and even put up with my mud lamp spotlight for a few hours this evening during the painting session. Tomorrow morning the hubby wants to spend the day with me at the Dallas Arboretum . This will be a great excuse to stop in and say hi to Joy and Megan in the Education Department. These talented ladies are cooking up a few new spring workshops for me there very soon. Rumor has it there are already some early spring bloomers making an appearance in the gardens! Stay tuned to the bloggy, I promise to share photos with you, all my flower friends! The Studio Models take a bow!

Skyfall Blue Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina SOLD 11X14 Oil on Museum Quality Linen Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook What a thrill today to find one gorgeous blue hydrangea plant at the flower market! It was hidden way in the back behind the scads of price inflated Valentine's day flower baskets. I purchased about $100 worth of Rosemary brushes for a workshop in Scottsdale last week. Since the trip was canceled, I decided to break out those super fancy brushes and see if I liked them as much as my $1.50 each Royal bristlettes. The verdict is still out, but, just as advertised, these brushes DO NOT shed like the other high dollar types so many artists have wrestled with in the past.  Enjoy my Coronado Island Flower Painting Video! I do have a bit of exciting news, my annual solo show on Coronado Island, near San Diego, has been scheduled for April 20, during the 88th Annual Flower Show . I...

Farm Fresh Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 14X14 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site My Sunflower Video Farm Fresh Hydrangeas is the newest work in the studio, if you don't count the 20X20 larger version that's holding down the easel today. I found these white hydrangeas at the corner market, and have been pampering and spoiling them, spritzing them with water, giving them cool drinks, and storing them every evening in the coolest room in the house hoping they will last just a few more days. The best way to preserve hydrangeas is to keep them cool and wet, and it they are cut and in water, to put them in the refrigerator at night vase and all. Most of the hydrangeas in pots will end up planted in my hydrangea garden when they are done with their time in the studio spotlight. Someday they'll tell their hydrangea grandchildren about the glory days, and how they were memorialized in paintings and h...

Royal Blue Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 16X20 Oil on Linen Board Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Royal Blue Hydrangeas is a new painting in Flower Mound Studio, and another painting starring my new blue vase. I admit I'm infatuated with my new blue vase. I've painted Sunflowers, then white roses, and now blue hydrangeas in it in the last 3 days. I think of the three, I like the blue hydrangeas the most. I first saw this setup during my Fredericksburg, Texas workshop a few weeks ago. Thanks so much to Linda for bringing this vase with her, and how lucky for me to find one just like it on Ebay a few weeks later! The studio models looking a little blue....

Double Duty Blue Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 11X14 Oil on Linen Board Purchase Information Nancy Medina Web Site Check Out My New Workshops! Double Duty Blue Hydrangeas is a new small work in the studio, as I pack up paintings to ship to collectors in South Texas and to Australia this week! Tonight I discovered a new wonderful feature of my rolly thingy ma bob, my new rubbermaid art cart - it can also serve as a *wait for it* drying rack for wet paintings! To prove this amazing fact, I've shared a picture on my art blog today. Reminds me of those old Saturday Night Live skits : It's a furniture polish AND a dessert topping! AnnieBee Belly decided to lend her beauty to the image, although after about the fourth shot I could see from her expression she was thinking about how many ways I use her gratuitously to peddle my wares, and how many sweet potato chew sticks she should be paid for each of these shameful occurrences... The studio models take a bow...

Summers Child Hydrangeas by Nancy Medina 14X14 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Purchase Information Nancy Medina Web Site Summers Child Hydrangeas is a new study on the easel, as I lay the groundwork for the new 30X40 still life of blue hydrangeas and red geraniums. These are my two most favorite flowers to paint. The client who ordered the painting came to my show at the Dallas Arboretum two years ago, and has been preparing in her mind the elements of the still life that would be a perfect fit for her home. I'll share some pictures of that large painting soon, so stay tuned to my art blog!