in the studio

Oil painting in the studio, and photographing the finish propped on a bookshelf.
22x28 oil on canvas June 2020

richness of nature

“The richness I achieve comes from nature,
the source of my inspiration.”~ Claude Monet

Pink!

I have been taking a birthday photo of my precious granddaughter Catherine in early June for the past three years. She just turned four. Now it is a Tradition to pose her with her signature birthday flowers, pink peonies that bloom just for her that very week in June.

here she is at age two,
and here she is age four








I gathered a bouquet and took it home to paint. Just finished this oil on canvas, 20x24 soft pink peonies.

single color

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. Marc Chagall

sky blue

I have loved irises more than any other flower. I have borrowed, begged, (been accused of theft!) and tried to grow my own irises to draw and paint from life. And they are so temporary! Bloom in May and gone so soon. I finally bought a plant of my own that produces lots of huge sky blue flowers for that brief glorious time. I’ve made a few paintings of these over the past couple of years. 
Here is my recent oil painting just finished from this year’s blooming season. 
They are so tall and majestic, I gave them lots of space in a tall cylindrical vase. The yellow background with a light diagonal pattern came about as I watched the sunlight on the wall bouncing back from the window panes and backlighting the flowers. 22 by 28 oil on canvas.

colors and lines

Colors and lines are forces, and the secret of creation lies in the play and balance of those forces.
-Henri Matisse

five suns

Copyright Janice Skivington 2020

colors live a remarkable life

Copyright Janice Skivington June 2020

“The colors live a remarkable life of their own
after they have been applied to the canvas.”
~ Edvard Munch

plans and projects in the spring

 “Spring is the time of plans and projects.” ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Oil on canvas 16 by 20. Daffodils picked in April from my son's yard under the watchful eyes of my three year old granddaughter.

Pentecost Sunday

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

2 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested[a] on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:1-11 English Standard Version (ESV)