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| Lily Diamond . Bear Road Barn . Watercolor and Gouache |
I love barns. This quonset barn is one of the most unusual I have seen. It really is silvery gray with crayon pink trim, a color cousin to the oleander blossoms which move in the breeze with the palm fronds. I painted the background landscape with bright, yet gentle hues, to evoke the JOY I feel when I go by the property.
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| Lily Diamond . Bear Road Cottage . Watercolor and Gouache |
Looking at the stonework in this neighborhood is one of my favorite pastimes. There are many walls made of the local stones from the river bottom, but this is the only stone cottage around. I painted it from across the street, in between a cactus patch and a grape vine.
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| Lily Diamond. The Caretaker's Garden. Oil |
An old green chair sat outside my studio door. It was falling apart, so it wasn't nice to leave it in such an inviting spot. I decided I had to paint it, along with the caretaker's straggly garden, the carob and the mulberry trees, set against the stone walkway. I added the stone wall, because I LOVE STONEWORK.
