When it comes to deciding what to paint, oil painter Kathy Anderson follows the flowers. Keeping abreast of what flowers grow at certain times of the year, she shares their delicate beauty through her award-winning garden, still life, and landscape paintings.

Kathy Anderson (Connecticut)

Poppies And White Peonies
Oil
20″ By 24″
Every year I paint several poppy paintings from life in May, when my huge poppy garden is blooming. My peonies growing with them are pink, but sometimes I decide to make them white for the effect I want.

Kathy Anderson (Connecticut)

The Lemon Tree
Oil
12″ By 9″
I was in Tucson, Arizona, for a show in February, when everything is brown, nothing blooming. My focus was immediately drawn to my friend’s lemon tree, loving the contrast of the yellow and green against the desert backdrop.