SOUTHERN LANDSCAPE - by North Carolina Painter Sue Scoggins

Discovery
40x60 oil on gallery wrapped canvas

It's been a challenging January.  Don't know about the rest of you, but, the creative juices just haven't been flowing.  Recreating yourself, staying motivated, energy, spontaneity.....it's doesn't just come on command.

But, after putting down my brush, meditating, picking up my feet (as in exercise)...breathing in some fresh air..getting the blood moving, the energy is beginning to flow.

This painting was completed just before Christmas.  My last painting of the year.  It was like a serious  calculous problem, a jigsaw puzzle and SO MUCH FUN!  Perhaps one of my missions in life is to spread color in this world...this side of Heaven.

FLOWER SHOP - floral paintings by North Carolina painter, Sue Scoggins

I feel like I'm in a flower shop. Just making last minute deliveries to The Little Art Gallery in Cameron Village in Raleigh, North Carolina  Great gallery.  Take a peek.

ORCHIDS

Orchids

36x36 original oil on canvas

Now that the commissions are over, I wanted to get back into some abstracts florals.
I love doing them...sloshing paint, layering and layering, then fine tuning.  These were the orchids on my table in my living room.  There's always something wonderful to paint if you just look for it.