100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings, Original Art Work from A Colorado Daily Painter, 16/100

6" x 6" oil on panel
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This is the second iris that I painted at IRIS4U Garden in Denver.  It was late morning, the lighting was changing quickly and the group was ready for lunch!

100 Garden & Floral Oil Paintings, Original Art Work from A Colorado Daily Painter, 15/100

"Trillionaire" at  IRIS4U
6" x 8" oil on panel
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Yesterday my plein air group went to Denver to IRIS4U Garden.  The garden is open from mid-May until late June.  You are free to wander through their acres of iris and paint, look, picnic, purchase, enjoy.  I find it overwhelming at first as to which blooms to paint.  There are so many; it's  feast for the eyes.  I brought home their catalogue and think I'll order from their website.

Sherbert Frost

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This is yet another piece from my plein-aire trip to Iris 4 u in Denver this week. I didn't get the name of this flower, so I created my own; I hope Iris Bob approves. I don't really understand plant genetics. The idea of hybridizing a flower is so interesting. But, how do you create a flower whose standard is shadesof peach, and whose beard is deep purple, lavender and white? My creativeness bends in a different direction.

I don't know how many of you follow r garriott's blogs (4), but you should. Great paintings! Today the urban garden blog featured Iris 4 u!! I couldn't believe it! I guess Coloradoans think iris this month!

Night Hawk Dreams

6" x 8" oil on panel $75.00 + $10. s/h SOLD This is another piece from yesterday's trip to Iris 4 u in Denver. I think this is such a great name for a flower: Night Hawk Dreams. It's so amazing to me that iris can be hybridized to have such unique colors on the standard and the beard. (I read the catalogue to learn the parts of the iris!!) I used to think that iris were tints and shades of violets and yellows. Now I know better. Our daughter, who lives in Denver, met me after I finished painting. We went shopping for her graduation dress. She'll graduate from DU, University of Denver, in 2 weeks. We had several hours of shopping fun, and dinner. Yes, she found a great dress!

Leading Light

6" x 6" oil on canvas panel
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One day each month my plein-aire group drives to an out of town location to paint. Today we went to Denver (70 miles north) to the Iris 4 u Iris Gardens. Iris 4 U grows and hybridizes tall bearded iris. While only about 20% of the iris were blooming (due to Colorado's cool spring) there were hundreds to paint, and thousands more which will be blooming the rest of this week and next. I may have to drive back up there and paint again as the grounds were beautiful. I really didn't know there were (are) that many varitities and colors of iris. And, of course, each iris has a unique name.