A Couple Watercolor Paintings That Were Gifts

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These are watercolor paintings I did for each of my parents for holiday gifts. They’re on 11.7x16.5” Arches cold press paper.

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“Caterpillar Party”
This is from a photo my mom took in her garden. She lives near Pismo Beach, California in the US and she grows a lot of monarch butterfly friendly plants so she has a TON of caterpillars in her garden.

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“Tire Swing”
So, my art website is called Wildflowers and Tire Swings, because it’s a whole lot easier to spell than my entire name. A while back I gave my dad a drawing I’d made in ink and colored pencil of a thistle that he loved. Afterward he says “Now I just need a tire swing to go with it.” So I had to paint a tire swing. Though, this one kinda looks lonely.

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Not a fan of caterpillars, but they look really nice! And that swing is wonderful! Well done!

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Both paintings are gorgeous and so evocative. What lovely presents.

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Beautiful!

I was lucky to have swimming holes with tire swings in my life…it is a memory that stays with you, so your painting evokes a lot of feelings of nostalgia…well done!

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Both are lovely, but the caterpillars super impress me!

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Your painting makes that tire swing so, so tempting!

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I love both of them, but the one with the tire swing is pure perfection!

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These are gorgeous! The caterpillars are so striking.

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Beautiful! You did really great work with the reflection on the water!

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The tire swing painting is wonderful.
It looks almost exactly like a place near a river where SO and I used go for walks when we first met. Slanted tree with a tire and everything.

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These are just lovely!

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