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The lovely pink flowers of an ornamental cherry tree against the blue sky. The cherry blossoms bloom for only approximately one week in the spring, then the soft pink petals fall to the ground like a gentle rain of color. I painted this watercolor study with only three colors: cobalt blue for the sky, rose red for the blossoms, and burnt umber for the branches and stamen tips.

I often joke that I learned to draw and paint because it is easier and quicker for me than getting a good photograph. I do still make the attempt to use my camera more effectively from time to time, but I have more natural aptitude to using a pencil or paint. Often what few photographs I am satisfied with become reference for my artwork. I work with charcoal, soft pastels, oil pastels, watercolor, acrylic, and am learning oil painting. I tend towards more realistic, although I have dabbled in impressionism when the fancy strikes. I live at the dead end of a dirt road in rural Florida with my husband and a yardful of critters, while the local deer and wild turkeys eat my annual efforts at gardening.