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My submission for Illustration Friday's topic, Spring, is from my 2001 HomeMade calendar. The title is Green House. This is a favourite of the people that collect my work. I loved making this one. Spring is here and I am so glad! Happy Flowers everyone! The quote: To Adam, paradise was home, To the good among his descendants, home is paradise. ~ Hare
GreenHouse copyright 2000
...and it's now a favourite of mine! I've always wanted a greenhouse.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite sort of greenhouse! Lovely!
ReplyDeletePS And I think your big hair suited you...
Very cool greenhouse, Val Gal, LOVE IT!!! Mary :-)
ReplyDeleteSo adorable. I can't wait to see what grows out of there! Love your art Val!
ReplyDeleteLike I said before, I always wonder what type of house I will find! Lovely!
ReplyDeletea fav of mine now too!!! Wouldn't it be great to wander in there daily just to get away.
ReplyDeleteYour greenhouse is rilly hopping with happy plants. My greenhouse desperately needs a new door and some white paint. It's looking pretty sad.
ReplyDeleteOf course mine is about a decade old, so I can't fuss too much.
P.S. Luv the shaped bushes and trees around your greenhouse.
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Your work is wonderful. I love your whimsical style and your color choices. My children loved your work also! My 4 year old son laughed and laughed at the Bath House.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, love the lush colours, this thing is bursting with spring light and loveliness! What a beautiful image.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! You can add me to the list too, this one's my all time favorite, love, love, love!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as always :-)
Big fan of your work...
Thankx so much for your nice words on my blog.
Oh how I love this one. Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if we all had one of these in our back yards. This is just so full of life!
ReplyDeletewow , how i wish i can make our greenhouse similar to your illustration with all those beautiful flowers and plants.
ReplyDeleteI really, really like this! Do more.
ReplyDeletedon't know why, but it reminds me of the greenhouse where frosty melted, but of course was saved by santa! love this image!
ReplyDeleteI want Spring soooo bad!!!!! I'm itching to get my fingers in the dirt and start adding more flowers to the garden! Glad you liked the "Duckie" atc Val....Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteit's a sight (site-hehe) for sore eyes. Today is one of the first spring-like days in Illinois! This makes me long for a pergola! Fine work, as always!
ReplyDeleteGreat illo! Oh how I would love to have a green-house like this!
ReplyDeleteI love the cone trees. This is truly springy, Val.
ReplyDeleteCaptures the theme perfectly!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scene, fulled of details !
ReplyDeleteHello Valerie, nice illo you have here. Love the colors. I have to say... wow. :-)
ReplyDeleteI understand why it has becomes a favorite: it's joyous and colorful.
ReplyDeleteSpring with an extra large dose of fresh and sweet. The large view is just great detail in those little greenhouse flowers and trees, I like the little butterflies to. A wonderful illo as usual.
ReplyDeleteSo lovely! I love the colors and whimsical feeling.
ReplyDeleteThis one is soooooo beautiful. Your houses are so nice and this one reminds me of a birdhouse full of life, just my spring thing!
ReplyDeleteNice touch and groovie details!
Oh Val! That is really wonderful! I LOVE all the details in the trees and butterflies and even on the sidewalk. You never stop amazing me.
ReplyDeleteOh, I do love this one. I want to go in but I can't seem to find the door. Help!
ReplyDeleteI understand why its a favorite! Such a bright inviting picture!
ReplyDeleteOkay...I'm just going to join the crowd here with my ooohs and ahs... This is just bursting with efflorescent color! I think this is my favorite of all the pieces you've shown...it's exquisite in its detail and in the mood it produces in the viewer.
ReplyDeleteHello Val,
ReplyDeleteThere is in the city near my home of large greenhouses with exotic plants but the colors are not intense as in yours.Very beautiful and luminous greenhouse.Well done!
Nice Sunday
Wow, the colors in this just pop! The greenhouse looked as if it was going to burst all of its goodness outside into nature. Great illo!
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wow! this is wonderful! very beautiful work! lovely detail and the choice of colors are perfect!
ReplyDeleteweee! this is soo pretty! how I sould like to go there! mmmm and smell all those flowers! ^_^ huggss
ReplyDeletelooks like it would even smell good like flowers!
ReplyDeletegreat illo!I love all the details and its spring colours!thanx for your comment...since I'm not mother toungue, i guess thet my voc necessarily sounds a bit lysercic!!!
ReplyDeleteOh Val, I love the leaves, the flowers and everything in your illo! It's so vibrant!
ReplyDeleteWonderful, really a great green house! I can see at the image, that you love spring - it's a happy drawing, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! amazing colors. The trees are my favorite.
ReplyDeletewhat style… great illustration…
ReplyDeleteVery busy and vibrant with life, I can smell spring in the air and here the insects and birds. One of my favourites too.
ReplyDeletereminds me of the conservatory in Golden Gate park... i love your bright colors and fluid lines
ReplyDeleteWe are having a belated spring entry here: yours makes me ache for it even more!
ReplyDeletedefinately one of my favorites val! great illustration :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so vibrant and has amazing detail, absolutely wonderful!
ReplyDeleteLOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! So many wonderful flowers to look at! I wish I could sit amongst them all! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThe entrancing worlds you create invite one to step inside and just glory in their beauty.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! I sooo want one of those in my backyard! I love radiant quality of your paintings. Each one is such a joy.
ReplyDeleteoh, oh, oh. this is my FAVORITE of yours. Love it!
ReplyDeleteWOW ! awesome !!!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful green house!! Very full of Spring spirit indeed!
ReplyDeleteSo fresh and cheerful and pretty. Wonderful illustration!
ReplyDeleteOutstanding! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dreamhouse - greenhouse :)
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely - so delicate and full of life!
ReplyDeleteWow. So many details! How staggeringly elaborate this greenhouse is. Stunning work.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had the green thumb to grow such a beautiful green house. Very vibrant and full of life- Val
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful contribution to spring you've made, Val. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteHOW do you do this????????????
ReplyDeleteEach week I think, OK, her stuff cannot just get any better...........AND THEN, I see this house. YOU are just too wonderfully talented!
I can no more say "this is my favorite house" because next week I will love the next one equally.
This green house is FANTASTIC!
Smooch,
You B&B return Tarty guest.
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Oh absolutely gorgeous! What a wonderful illustration for spring! This last week I started all my flowers and vegetables inside for the garden. How lovely it would be to have a greenhouse like this! Lovely colors as well!
ReplyDeleteU are just too nice... thx for the nicest comment, ever... ditto to U! Only the happiest of Tarts could create such adorable little huts. ; )
ReplyDeleteBig happy spring hug to U,
The Tart
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Wheee!!! This might just be my favorite of your paintings so far.
ReplyDeleteI love all the colorful detail. Amazing.
Thank you for your warm and caring comments, you are such a dear!
ReplyDeleteOooh, gorgeous! My mom is an avid gardener, and would love this to hang in her kitchen. I'll have to forward your link to her. :)
ReplyDeleteThe colors are so vibrant and lovely.
Wonderful greenhouse. And I really like the colors of the sky.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you commented on my blog because I clicked back and saw this lovely illustration. Absolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeletelovely, keeps me smiling.... :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Wonderful work, Val. I'd love to be there... it must be a gift for your senses :)
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