Sunflowers and Butterfly

Sunflowers and Butterfly

6x6 inches, original oil

Today's painting is painted with the painting knives giving it lots of texture. In fact most all of my recent sunflower paintings have been painted using these knives. I love the rich color and texture obtained by using these painting knives instead of brushes. This is day 27 of the painting challenge... nearing the end ... This painting is for sale for $50.00. Visit my website to purchase, SpohnStudio.com

Sunflower 4

Sunflower 4

6x6 inches, original oil painting

Sunflowers, sunflowers, sunflowers everywhere! I am beginning to see why Van Gogh found this subject so satisfying. There are so many types of sunflowers, hues and tints, petals and sizes. Day 25 of the painting challenge. This painting is for sale for $50.00. You can purchase it on my website. SpohnStudio.com

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Painterly Riddles

Philippe, from France, excels at creating riddles which in turn lead to treasure hunts, etc...He often uses references to paintings and painters.  He lives in a quaint town in France that was often visited by famous artists. He sent me this riddle in English to solve, but I was unable to solve this riddle. Can you solve it?  I will post the answer next week.

He will be using one of my paintings (7 Geese in the Library Garden) as the image for a large riddle and treasure hunt that will start in France in late September. If you speak French, this would be a fun activity to try and solve here in America. He said most folks work in teams to solve these games.  Any puzzle solvers out there? One of the prizes will be a Giclee print of my painting, "7 Geese in the Library Garden".