Three small paintings

Three small paintings that I've just added to my Etsy shop. The first two are acrylic abstract paintings loosely based on water surfaces (ripples around a family of ducklings on Cromford Canal, in fact - pictures do come from some odd sources!). The third is a tiny picture (an ACEO, in the standard format of 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches) of cherry blossom and branches. You can find these at http://www.etsy.com/listing/97928191/green-ripple-original-painting-abstract?listing_id=97928191, http://www.etsy.com/listing/97928693/blue-ripple-original-acrylic-painting?listing_id=97928693, and http://www.etsy.com/listing/98004082/blossom-aceo-original-painting-flowers?listing_id=98004082

Misty garden ACEOs

Here are my two latest additions to my etsy shop - two tiny paintings of a misty garden in the early morning, in springtime. You can see them at http://www.etsy.com/listing/93987624/aceo-misty-garden-1-original-oil and http://www.etsy.com/listing/93988051/aceo-misty-garden-2-original-oil

Yellow-fronted amazon parrot - commissioned painting

Here is the latest addition to my etsy shop - a commissioned portrait of a female amazon parrot. This looks a sweet bird, with a bright and perky look, but sadly she has passed away and the picture is a memento of her.
I have happy memories of regularly visiting the parrots in Regent's Park Zoo when we lived in London. There were a couple of very jolly and playful yellow-fronted amazons in a quiet corner of the zoo and we'd slip them the odd nut (probably not allowed now). I do remember that they could be horrendously loud sometimes, when they were not chuckling and bouncing up and down on their perches.
You can see this painting at http://www.etsy.com/listing/88572689/reserved-for-cherylline

Windswept flames

After making my autumnal treasury, I painted this impression of a hillside bonfire with windswept flames. It's an acrylic painting, 8 x 10 inches, on canvas board, and I used acrylic texture medium to give a rough and scratched surface. You can see this painting at http://www.etsy.com/listing/81292849/windswept-flame-autumn-bonfire-original

Green abstract, crimson abstract

My two latest paintings are a couple of gestural abstracts in heavy impasto oil paint, with scratched lines in the more thinly painted areas. I just wanted an area of gorgeous colour. These are on 5 x 7 canvas boards, and you can see them at http://www.etsy.com/listing/80584594/green-abstract-original-oil-painting-5x7 and http://www.etsy.com/listing/80539291/crimson-abstract-original-oil-painting

Reflections - small abstracts

Two small (5 x 7 inches) abstract oil paintings on deep canvases based on the colours of reflections in the lake by the pinetum at Chatsworth. The shapes of reflections can be surprising - I found the curved areas of colour rather appealing. These paintings can be seen at http://www.etsy.com/listing/79875621/green-reflections-original-oil-painting and http://www.etsy.com/listing/79875783/yellow-reflections-original-oil-painting

Waking to fresh green - treasury

Dream of White Ligh... SarahGiannobil... $175.00	View From A Fern emmarts $30.00	Jan. 08, 2011 - Ori... hiroshimatsumo... $50.00	BACKYARD VIEW, 7X5,... CarolSchiffStu... $59.95
Fresh Pick No.109, ... storibe $25.00	Sunlight catches th... OLDCROC $75.00	BLACK BICYCLE eeliethel $40.00	The Temple Remains,... Mossmottle $120.00
There Will Come Sof... SevenWoodsStud... $25.00	Grand Central Stati... CarolSchiffStu... $	SUDS daily paintin... LindaHunt $74.95	Down the Path in Ea... vanderhoekart $140.00
Lake Swimmer, Origi... Paintbox $45.00	Japanese Gardens, B... floodfish $30.00	Blue Heron Pond sarahfburns $280.00	Snow Capped Hills O... KSHull3 $250.00

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I've just posted this new treasury - summing up my feelings about longing for spring to come! This is a collection of fine art on etsy and just indicates the variety and wealth of talent there. You can see it at:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d53fa8f14136d91f7e72964/waking-to-fresh-green-for-fine-art