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Flora’s Painting Newsletter – June, 2015
Right this moment, the iris and lupins in my Nova Scotia garden are in full bloom. The landscape is green and purple. I am so inspired and want to share this with… Read more
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Acrylic Painting Tutorial – Iris
Right now, I’m headed outside to paint iris and lupins. Here is a repost of a blog I made in 2010 about painting at this time of year. I will… Read more
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Painting in Acrylics – the Indispensable Guide
Note, this book was reprinted in 2024 and the new title is Complete Guide to Acrylics By Lorena Kloosterboer ———————————————— Sometimes luck and opportunity come knocking together. Over a year… Read more
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Nurture and Nature Paintings – one more week only!
It is a wonderful feeling to see the fruits of my labour on display in a gorgeous gallery. Sharing the experience with a fellow painter is better still! Susan Geddes and I… Read more
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On the Road from Realism to Abstraction in Painting
There were years and years when I believed that all abstract work was bourgeois and decadent and wasn’t actually art. The shift in my thinking has been gradual and unexpected.… Read more
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Flora Doehler & Susan Geddes – show of paintings
Here are some of the paintings that will be shown at the Flora Doehler & Susan Geddes show of paintings in Annapolis Royal from October 26 to November 23, 2014. The… Read more
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Sketching the Acadian House in Annapolis Royal
Not only do the Historic Gardens in Annapolis Royal recreate gardens from the past, they also give us a glimpse into the home life of the Acadians who lived here before the British… Read more
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Japanese Anemone
In the Historic Gardens at Annapolis Royal last week, I spotted a tall Japanese Anemone with a lovely curly branching habit. The gardens in Annapolis are exquisite…from wild and generous,… Read more
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Painting Zinnias in Annapolis Royal
I love the Victorian Garden in the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens with the sunny, happy flowers such as the zinnias. This Shangri-La of a garden doesn’t know that the rest of us have experienced killing frost… Read more
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The Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens Inspire me – again!
About 30 years ago some clever garden and community development innovators in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia had the brilliant idea to recreate the historical periods of the town with a 17… Read more