Cherry blossoms...

Well, spring has sprung. That means that my thoughts have turned to the lively topic of blooming.

This is the beginning of the change. Up to this point, everything has been lifeless and still. Nothing has changed in the landscape. Now, something new is coming. The transformation doesn’t happen all at once. 

All things are waking up. Including me... There’s something about spring that turns my attention to what for me are the most beautiful plants on earth—cherry trees and magnolias. 

"Awakening" 

(Spiritual Landscapes Series)

                                        
© Jurate Phillips

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape painting

48"w x 32"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

"Spring Reflections" 

(Spiritual Landscapes Series)

                                  
                                                                              © Jurate Phillips

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape painting

32"w x 48"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

To purchase email me jurate@GourmetArtStudio.com

"Life is full of beauty" 

© Jurate Phillips

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape painting

48"w x 32"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

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I hope that this season of Easter will be a

wonderful time of blooming for you. 

"Spiritual Landscapes" series paintings

In March I started new series of paintings "Spiritual Landscapes" :

"Autumn Thoughts"

© Jurate Phillips

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape painting

32"w x 48"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

To purchase go to www.GourmetArtStudio.com

"Golden Horizon"

© Jurate Phillips

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape painting

32"w x 48"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

To purchase go to www.GourmetArtStudio.com

"Field of Dreams"

© Jurate Phillips

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape painting

48"w x 32"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

To purchase go to www.GourmetArtStudio.com

"Angel River"

© Jurate Phillips

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape painting

48"w x 32"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

To purchase go to www.GourmetArtStudio.com

My profile page on ColumbusArts.com

I now  have my profile page on Columbus Arts website:

http://www.columbusarts.com/artists/242-jrat

This site was developed by the Greater Columbus Arts Council on behalf of the Arts Community of Central Ohio. You can find out about any event happening here in Columbus.

My new Etsy Shop

I am excited to announce that I have a new Etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/people/GourmetArtStudio

and my focus will be to sell my small scale paintings there.

"Purple power" Large Original Abstract Floral Palette Knife Painting

Purple tulips signify royalty

Copyright 2011© Jurate Phillips , All rights reserved

  "Purple power"

  48"w x 29.5"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

For pricing or purchase please visit my website

www.GourmetArtStudio.com

"Spring has a song" Large Original Abstract Floral Painting

White tulips represent heaven, purity and worthiness

Copyright 2011© Jurate Phillips , All rights reserved

  "Spring has a song"

  32"w x 48"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

For pricing or purchase please visit my website

www.GourmetArtStudio.com

Collective radiance

Copyright 2011© Jurate Phillips , All rights reserved

  "Collective radiance"

  30"w x 24"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

High gloss varnish

For pricing or purchase please visit my website

www.GourmetArtStudio.com

  

Inner Radiance

  Copyright 2011© Jurate Phillips , All rights reserved

  "Inner radiance"

  30"w x 24"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite
High gloss varnish

For pricing or purchase please visit my website

www.GourmetArtStudio.com

  

                                               

Ode to my Mom and Dad

 I am dedicating all my "Tulip series" paintings to my Mom and Dad, may he rest in peace...To their forever lasting love and their love of tulips. I found this poem that describes best my parents love for each other:

Forever Lasting Love

When she looks in his eyes

she sees her future.

The clouds seem to part

when ever there together.

everything is once again

beautiful and surreal.

Life is magical with him in it.

She's no longer lonely all the time.

With him there she is free as a bird,

flying on the wind in the blue skies.

Her soul now freely souring high

and her heart has strong wings to flow.

He is her one true love.

Their love will last forever,

even when one is long gone

no longer among the living.

They now they will find each other,

among the angles in the clouds above.

Their love is forever lasting.

~by His Angel

  1970

 Tulips inside the house "tricked" to bloom in February

20 years past since my dad past away, but I often can feel his spirit near me, 

especially when I'm painting his beloved tulips.

 Copyright 2011© Jurate Phillips , All rights reserved

  "Tulips make me feel like painting"

  48"w x 32"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

For pricing or purchase please visit my website
www.GourmetArtStudio.com

The meaning of tulips:
The red tulip's meaning is construed from a Turkish legend, in which the Prince Farhad fell in love with the maiden Shirin. Upon learning of his beloved's death, the prince killed himself, and the legend states that a red tulip shot up from each drop of his blood. Because of this, red tulips in particular symbolize perfect love and passion, as well as a declaration of love.
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