Birds of Paradise #14

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Daily Painting #14

November 6, 2007

‘Bird of Paradise’ acrylic painting on unframed, 9”x12” canvas.

Well I am back on the mainland. We returned from Maui late Sunday evening. The trip to Maui was incredible and very difficult to return to Los Angeles after spending 10 days in paradise.

One thing that I looked forward to the most (besides seeing our dog, Lucy) was to return to my loft to paint. Hawaii is such an inspiring place and it is filled with artists. Every evening after dinner, Blaine and I would walk down Front Street in Lahaina and look through all the art galleries. Needless to say, my head is spinning with new ideas for future paintings.

I thought the perfect first Daily Painting after Maui would be of a Birds of Paradise plant. Hawaii has so many beautiful plants, flowers and birds… and this is a little blend of them all (in my mind). Every time I see one of these plants I think of Lucy when she was a puppy. My friend Merrill and I used to be roommates and we lived in a house in Mission Hills. We had a Birds of Paradise bush in the backyard and she’d take the flowers and shred them and shake her head like she killed a real bird. Maybe it was her future training for catching pigeons on our rooftop patio (we have a MAJOR pigeon problem in Sherman Oaks). Anyway, that thought makes me laugh and reminds me just how crazy our dog used to be.

The holidays are quickly approaching which I just cannot believe. I read somewhere that there’s about 8 weeks until the new year. Now that is NUTS! No way it is already that time of year. Oh well… what can you do? Nothing. Just let it ride and let go.

So I am happy to wrap this up by saying I AM BACK AND READY TO PAINT.

This painting is up at my ebay store at:
http://stores.ebay.com/Gayles-Paintings

and of course at my web page:
http://www.gaylespaintings.com

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peace & blessings,
Gayle Etcheverry