“Palm Springs Dream 1”

Hey it’s day 6 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. It’s an expressionistic windmill palm leaf. I like how it turned out. The photo doesn’t show the purple color in the bottom of the painting in the background very well, but the greens and blues are pretty much correct.

I’ve titled this “Palm Springs Dream 1”

As you may know, tropicals are my theme and there is no end to the styles of leaves of palms or different types of tropical plants. I like this painting and its symmetry. If you do too and want to purchase it, click here.

See what I’ve painted so far by clicking this link to the posts for each painting.

This painting is now available for sale here at my online gallery.

What’s the point of the 30 Paintings in 30 days challenge?

I want to be a better painter. To be a better painter, I must paint more and more.

The whole point of the challenge is to get yourself back in the habit of painting everyday. Now I haven’t stopped painting, but I certainly haven’t painted as much as I wanted in the last few months. It’s kinda scary to look back and see what all I haven’t accomplished. So I’m joining in with the challenge to give myself a goal and to help me to feel held accountable, too. Not that the Painting Police will come and pick me up if I don’t paint everyday, it’s more of a self motivation thing. I’ve signed up on Leslie’s website and I’m hoping to be able to accomplish a lot of painting.

I’m not expecting to get gallery worthy paintings each day, I may not even paint a whole new painting each day. I’ve been there done that and that was stressful. I put the stress on myself, but nonetheless, it was stressful. I do hope to foster the act of going into my studio each and every day to get more painting accomplished. You know what they say about habits, it takes 21 days to form one. It will help me get better by practicing more and more.

Thanks for stopping by.

About Me

Learn more about me on the ‘About’ page in the menu at the top. I’m an artist – a painter mostly and an avid gardener. I paint a variety of subjects including birds, koi fish, my gardens, ponds and flowers as well as anything having to do with nature especially trees and tropical scenes. I also enjoy painting abstracts and have started creating more and more of them. My most favorite thing to try to achieve in my painting is mystery.

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