One more sketch of pink tulips for today...

 16"w x 20"h

Acrylic on a panel

XOXO,

Jūratė

Today's color - Pink!

Oh my dear blog...today is the day...I am reviving you! Let's start here... It's sunny outside, lots of snow and we wish we could go outside to play, but we are stuck inside the house....because it's super  cold  in Columbus OH (-18F/-27C)... too cold even  for Lithuanian ;)  Winter is lovely, don't get me wrong. I love the ice structures, and all the snow, and the photographic bounty that always comes from it, but

I'm missing sping.

...and now for some smooth jazz, pomegranate martini

... and  I'm sketching pretty pink tulips...

XOXO,

Jūratė

"Purple power" Large Original Abstract Floral Palette Knife Painting

Purple tulips signify royalty

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  "Purple power"

  48"w x 29.5"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

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www.GourmetArtStudio.com

"Spring has a song" Large Original Abstract Floral Painting

White tulips represent heaven, purity and worthiness

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  "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

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  "Collective radiance"

  30"w x 24"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite

High gloss varnish

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Inner Radiance

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  "Inner radiance"

  30"w x 24"h x 1.5"d

Acrylic on masonite
High gloss varnish

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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.

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  "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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"Ode to Spring" Large 48"w x 32"h x 1.5"d Original Abstract Flowers Palette Knife Painting

Looking out my bedroom window onto new – green garden, blooming crocuses,daffodils and all of this brings thoughts of spring to mind. Everything is new. Fresh. Full of promise. Spring is here. The season of growth, change, and new beginning.Spring is in my studio too...