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by Phil Chadwick
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I like daisies. Perhaps I love daisies. Maybe these particular flowers were past their prime but aren't we all? I found these flowers on the edge of... more
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I like daisies. Perhaps I love daisies. Maybe these particular flowers were past their prime but aren't we all? I found these flowers on the edge of the lane right in front of the Singleton Studio.
I try to paint bellis perennis every year. Bellis may come from bellus, Latin for "pretty", and perennis is Latin for "everlasting". They are a pretty and happy little flower and sprout almost anywhere without asking for any care - my kind of garden flower. The leaves of the daisy are also good in salads. The daisy is also the April birth flower so I guess it is especially appropriate for me to try to capture them in oil. I didn't count the petals as I painted but now, after completion, the text book says that there are 30 petals in the daisies that I painted. The white petals are stacked and overlapped so the number in the painting is what I saw - or close enough.
Daisies belong to the daisy family of Compositae, now known as Asteraceae in flowering plants. Daisies are n...
I paint outside - nothing between my eyes and the inspiration. That special connectivity gets into the pigments and you quickly realize that we are all stewards of the land, privileged to appreciate its beauty during our lifetime but responsible for leaving the environment better off for the future and all inhabitants... Phil was born and raised along the St. Lawrence of Ontario, Canada and studied at Queens University as a nuclear physicist. A meteorologist for Environment Canada for 35 years, Phil specializes in severe weather and training. Remote sensing is his forte - you might want to see a tornado before you die... but not just before you die! He has farmed, raised bees, written books and articles, lectured and instructed...
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