A Garden Dragonfly That Sparked An Idea

I took this dragonfly photo 3 years ago when I came outside one day to find this little guy waiting for me in my garden. He was kind enough to sit still while I took this photo of him resting on one of my Iris leaves. I didn't think much of it at the time but last year in 2010, I became very inspired by this photo as I looked at it over the course of months. He didn't know it at the time but this dragonfly inspired me to create 3 paintings based on my sighting that day. The paintings really do not look at all like him, he just planted the seed that created the spark in my mind and my imagination did the rest.

This small dragonfly painting is called "Floating", featuring a large and small dragonfly team.

This piece is my favorite of the bunch for sure...."Kaleidoscope Dragonflies". With this diptych I wanted to create a painting that reminded me of looking through a kaleidoscope with all the changing colors and shapes. The dragonflies also wrap around the sides on this piece.

"Dancing Dragonflies" was the first painting to be created after I saw my garden visitor. What is the inspiration for your favorite creations, how did a spark of an idea take hold in your mind? I would love to hear how everyone else gets inspired to create what they love. www.artfulcreations.etsy.com

Kaleidoscope Dragonflies Diptych On Gallery Canvas

The latest painting to sprout wings and fly out of my sunroom studio is called "Kaleidoscope Dragonflies". When I envisioned working on this painting, I wanted to create a piece of art that was brimming with lots of colors, which lead me to start thinking about all the colors and shapes you would see if you looked through a kaleidoscope. As you turn it in your hands, the images you see in the kaleidoscope keep continuously changing. That was the inspiration for this latest painting.

Each panel is painted in acrylics on 1 1/2" deep gallery wrap canvas. Each piece measures 18" h x 6" w. Although they are displayed as a diptych, they can also stand alone as the design wraps around the sides of each canvas.

The total measurements for the display I have shown are: 24" h x 14 1/2" w. They could be displayed any way the heart desires though....it is up to the person hanging this set, how they wish to arrange them.

This painting is available at Celebrations Gallery.... www.artfulcreations.etsy.com . I hope everybody has a wonderful week that is full of beautiful, ever changing colors.

Dancing Dragonflies Triptych

A new painting just came off the easel in my studio - "Dancing Dragonflies" . I bought some really wonderful canvases that I wanted to use to comprise this new triptych painting, I actually bought a couple of sets because I knew I would be hooked and would want to paint more pieces with this particular layout.

Each panel measures 18" x 6" and put together has a total measurement of 18" x 18".

I love the extra deep gallery canvas so as always, the depth of these cavases are 1 1/2".

I'm trying to finish up another triptych at the moment... "Spring Breaking Through" and I hope to be showing that soon. Each year we all look forward to spring time emerging with all the color and new growth of the season and that is what this new painting will be about, the unstoppable force that spring is, the new season breaking through the old. Hopefully that one will be done soon and ready for the camera in a few more days. www.artfulcreations.etsy.com