Blooming Lunges

Lunges are such wonderful postures to strengthen and release tightness in the hips and legs . They are energizing and stimulating. In this pose the model is revolving towards the back leg... reflecting the spiraling nature of the clematis vines and the wide open spirit of its beautiful flowers.  Really pleased with this one.

Peach Pie

This is not a calendar painting.   I just wanted to work on something else between photo shoots.
 I have entitled this one "Peach Pie".     Must have had a craving when I picked the reference image for this piece. Those peaches look pretty juicy.!!!

Sweet Peppers

These sweet peppers are like jewels and I think highlight the model in "pigeon pose", which, by the way, is a wonderful hip opener. Nichole is a beautiful model and expresses the spirit of this pose with graceful shapes.

Butterflies Are Free

Loved painting the butterflies into this one.... Liberation is one of the key elements of yoga. These butterflies and this yoga image embody the concept of freeing the body- mind- spirit allowing and inviting so many possibilities to grow and flourish.

Come Fly With Me...

Come fly with me....
This painting is complete and I am excited to find that I am including other aspects of nature that I love in these pieces. I may even entitle this calendar "A Few Of My Favorite Things!" Birds are certainly one of them.

I love this painting... so happy that these birds flew in and joined the party!!!.   . I am not sure I am quite finished with this. The model needs to be grounded a bit. And the bird on the left is not quite finished. But just had to get in posted.

Birds come to the 2012 calendar

This is pretty amazing. I have been slow in moving into this painting trying to find something that will bring excitement and delight to this pose. I had been toying with the idea of birds and just had to work on a way to render this idea. Voila! It happened. Last week I picked up a beautiful bird book at a used book store. It opened up a new world for me and allowed me to play with birds, their expressions and shapes and then create fantasy birds!!!!
Anyways, this is where I am so far. I now have so many wonderful ideas bubbling up for the paintings ahead.... butterflies, dragonflies, fish, rabbits.... am I getting carried away...????? Just stoking the imagination.