Blushing Tulip

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"Is it yellow, is it orange, is it pink? Blushing and shy, shell shaped petals just beginning to open - a tease. Bold gestures of fleshy leaves, a hand to the face, chin resting in palm. There is so much life in flowers." - Nancy Boudreau, April 4th 2011

Here's a link to a delightful little illustrated book called "Flower Stories" by Lenore E. Mulets, copyrighted 1903. . .

This is a 5" x 7" acrylic painting on gessoed and lovingly textured mat board. Sealed with a gloss clear coat and delivered in a cream-colored 8" x 10" mat, ready for framing. The text above is handwritten by the artist on the back of the painting. This is part of an ongoing series of small works, paintings with prose and poetry, that was started in June 2007.

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Milkweed

In the meadows along the trails to Bennetts Pond in Ridgefield, Connecticut, milkweed pods rattle in the wind. Gusts tug at the silken parachutes, sending seeds adrift over the landscape.

- Nancy Boudreau

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This painting is 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat. The text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated.

For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Leaving Arizona 2

Cumulus clouds, like old souls, move majestically over the land as if called by God to their next destination, their shadows gently touching earthbound mortals.

This painting is a view from the plane as we lifted above the highlands north and east of Phoenix, returning to Connecticut.

- Nancy Boudreau

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This painting is about 5.5 x 7.5 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat. The text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated.

For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Leaving Arizona 1

An aerial view of the desert and mountains to the northeast of Phoenix, as I fly away from this sad visit, leaving behind my mother and brothers, and the ashes of my father.

- Nancy Boudreau

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This painting is about 5.5 x 7.5 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat. The text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated.

For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

What Next?

And after all, this may be my favorite painting - the base under which everything else has been done, the easel itself as the life's work of art.

- Nancy Boudreau

Downtown Phoenix Sunset 11

And the last of the series, as the sun sets in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, the urban heart of the Sonoran Desert.

- Nancy Boudreau

Paintings in this series are available on Etsy.

This painting is about 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat, and as with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated.

For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Studio Shots

Getting crowded here in the studio - time for a show!

Downtown Phoenix Sunset 3

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A ruling pen would have made short work of these lines

but

shaky strokes full of course corrections

and a strong desire to move forward

describe life's lines

directions of intent

dreams hijacked

solutions

and more hijacked dreams

finally building

the bars of a cage

a life story

leaving Freedom

as the un-described space in between

- Nancy Boudreau

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This painting is about 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat, and as with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated.

For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Downtown Phoenix Sunset 2

Shadows of palms against an orange wall,

whose color is intensified by the setting sun,

a tease of foliage edging the composition

giving three dimensionality to a feverish image.

- Nancy Boudreau

This painting is for sale through Etsy. . .

This painting is about 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat, and as with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated.

For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

Good Night Daffodils

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All good things must pass, and with this painting we bid adieu to the daffodils of 2010. Catching the last light of day, their yellow hues are supernaturally saturated by the setting sun. - Nancy Boudreau

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This painting is about 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. This is for sale by myself, the artist, direct from my home and studio deep in the wooded hills of northwest Connecticut, where the daffodils bloom freely without deer interference.

For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com

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Red Lipped Narcissus

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Here's one pristine petaled daffodil with a bold touch of blaze-orange on it's corona-edge. Reminds me of some pale femme fatale wearing a brazen red shade of lipstick. Drama queens in the garden. - Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. This is for sale by myself, the artist, directly from my home and studio deep in the wooded hills of northwest Connecticut, where the daffodils bloom freely without deer interference.

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Coy Daffodil

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The daffodil's leaves rise out of the ground in a spiral twist, one tip tenderly touching the corona's lip, a coy gesture, as this sweet face nods in greeting to the rising sun. - Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. This is for sale by myself, the artist, directly from my home and studio deep in the wooded hills of northwest Connecticut, where the daffodils bloom freely without deer interference.

You might also like to visit my online store at Etsy.

Narcissus White Wing

Narcissus come in a variety of shades from white through yellow-orange. This particular flower with petals like white wings and pale blushing corona is one of my favorites. - Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5 x 7 inches and is acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. This is for sale by myself, the artist, directly from my home and studio deep in the wooded hills of northwest Connecticut, where the daffodils bloom freely without deer interference.

You might also like to visit my online store at Etsy.

Clouds Over Spur Cross

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Clouds over Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area cast deep blue-violet shadows accentuating the contours of distant heights. The saguaro studded hills are what qualify this wilderness to be called a forest, the Tonto National Forest. Standing here on the trails of the Desert Foothills Land Trust in Cave Creek, it's easy to appreciate the beauty of this corner of the Sonoran Desert.
- Nancy Boudreau

This painting is about 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed mat board, protected in a cream-colored mat. As with all these little studies, the text above is handwritten on the back of the painting, which is also signed and dated. For comments and queries, please feel free to contact me directly at: nb@nboudreau.com