Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner

"True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time." - Marie Williams Johnstone, woman of mystery

Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A brush and palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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As a married adult, I've lived in five states and experienced nine moves. Nowdays when someone asks where I'm from, I just say "lately from Braselton." Sometimes we all feel a little rootless, I guess, but I still remember my friends, even over distance and time.
Joan

Orange Ya Happy?

"And the yellow sunfllower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood." - William Cullen Bryant, American poet, journalist and editor

Orange Ya Happy? by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
Brush and palette knife

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

Contact Burton Gallery (706-947-1351) to purchase

More paintings available at: http://www.joanterrell.com

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So many good things in life are the color orange. From the sun cut flat on the horizon, staining the clouds with carotene rays to Creamsicle® bars on a hot day,
I can feel orange seeping into the atmosphere today. It's slinking down through the trees, trailing crystal blue October skies with it, whispering "loosen your grip, loosen and drift."
Joan

Faces in Vases

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." - Henri Matisse, French artist

Faces in Vases by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

Contact Burton Gallery (706-947-1351) to purchase

More paintings available at: http://www.joanterrell.com

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La vase à fleurs. A vase of flowers. Whether it's an old, blue-tinted canning jar or our most cherished porcelain, we love to bring flowers into our homes. What is so cheerful about watching their faces? Maybe how the flowers show their vanity by admiring the shadows they cast on our cave walls intrigues us. 

There doesn't need to be a reason, just enjoy.

Joan

Wall Flowers

"Earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer

Wall Flowers by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
Brush and palette knife

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

Contact Burton Gallery (706-947-1351) to purchase

More paintings available at: http://www.joanterrell.com

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So I drove to Anderson's Sunflower Farm in Cumming, GA one fine summer morning recently. Have you ever been to a sunflower farm? I hadn't until now and didn't quite know what to expect. There they were, each one a jewel until itself, but together, oh my goodness, sensory overload. Row upon row of undulating gold. Overwhelming! This is what it feels like to run into a solid wall of sunflowers.
This shade of yellow has the official Safety Yellow stamp of approval! Who knew there was such a thing? H-mmmm. A heliotropic conspiracy perhaps?
Joan

Market Day

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." - Helen Keller, American author

Market Day by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A brush and palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

Contact Burton Gallery (706-947-1351) to purchase

More paintings available at: http://www.joanterrell.com

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In the warm months, the square in Mt. Holly, NC hosts a Saturday farmer's market. A couple there has a sunflower farm nearby and brings their unusual varieties to the market. Their market stall is ablaze with the sun captured on earth. Dancing sunflowers... a universal mood enhancer. I met my sister there one bright Saturday morning and this song kept running through my head...

The way your smile just beams

The way you sing off key

The way you haunt my dreams

No, they can't take that away from me

"They Can't Take That Away From Me" By George and Ira Gershwin 

Here's to sunflower farmers and a bright outlook.
Joan

Tower of Power

"A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life." - Calendar Girls, a 2003 movie

Tower of Power by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
Brush and palette knife

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

Contact Burton Gallery (706-947-1351) to purchase

More paintings available at: http://www.joanterrell.com

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I have a friend, who at this very moment is zinging his bright new yellow Corvette around curves 100 mph at a motorsports track. Remember what a risk like that does? Your eyes are scanning everything  like holographic radar and you're hyper alert. The sound of the air rushing by is so deafening, it almost seems calm and the heat coming off the engine is nothing compared to the heat coming from within your belly. Suddenly you have a moment... this is your purpose, this is why you were created. 

Standing tall and proud at the end of summer, they were still stepping into the power of their purpose. Faces turned upward, they were tracking the sun. Not just the sun, but Helios, who drives his blazing chariot across the sky daily. 

Keep painting!

Joan

Small is Beautiful

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch artist

Just dropped off 14 small original oil paintings at Burton Gallery in Clarkesville, Georgia. Interested? Hope so! Visit Burton or call Marlene at 706-947-1351. Perfect for wall, table, or bookshelf.
Why not subscribe to this blog and come along on this journey with me? There's a wee story behind each one.
Until then, as author H. Jackson Brown, Jr. says "Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures."
Joan