30x40 acrylic
In the distance are the far mountains, the wild flowers and lupins are blooming. Here are miles of flowers in a field, to walk in such an area is thrilling. The fresh spring air is like candy.
There are bits of gold leaf which represents the sunshine hitting the grass and flowers. The Lupins took me many years to figure out how to paint. I finally got the fresh colorful feel of them here.
When I was eight, our school went to a field trip to Strawbery Banke. I fell in love with it then, the gardens, the crowded turn of the century houses. It was such a beautiful escape. Now I live close by and I paint such an amazing part of Portsmouth.Strawbery Banke is the oldest neighborhood in New Hampshire to be settled by Europeans, and the earliest neighborhood remaining in the present-day city of Portsmouth. It features more than 37 restored buildings built between the 17th and 19th centuries in the Colonial, Georgian and Federal style architectures. The darkest colored house is the oldest house in the group. I have a group of historical areas that I am painting, or known as historical paintings. Look out for more!
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