Top of Lombard Street, San Francisco.
This was taken during a delightful Sunday afternoon at the Clement Street Farmers Market. Irises were in season to my delight!
I love to walk around my neighborhood and enjoy the wonderful flowers and shrubs that San Francisco's temperate climate encourages year round. This particular climbing plant was breathtaking the day I walked by and had to capture the magniifcent explosion of color.
As an artist I was so impressed with the small fruit trees planted outside the school I work at. I could not resist stopping that morning and taking a photo. I knew the blossoms were at their peak and I tomorrow might be too late to capture their beauty.
I love sunflowers. There is something of a very old soul a sun flower. These flower never cease to amaze me. I love the way they MOVE their position during the day always turning toward the sun.These were Giant Sunflowers I grew myself. I used to watch the squirrels using them as platforms so that they could eat all of the seeds in the fall. The flowers were so large and sturdy they held a squirrel easily.
The amazing Bottle Brush tree!
The Magnificent Magnolia tree!
The succulent plant has so many different varieties. They are one of my favorite plants. I never grow tired of observing the many different ways people will blend different types together!
This flower debuted in the spring of 2009 in my garden in Saratoga Springs, NY! I have since always had a special place in my heart for the lovely and quite delicate Columbine flower.
Outside my front door from spring to late summer in San Francisco!
Lovely Parker Street in the Laurel Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.
I photographed this magnificent Magnolia plant outside the Temescal Library. It had been growing obviously for a few decades of not a century. It was simply breathtaking!
A Foxglove plant I had planted the year before. It was such a piece of floral perfection that I had to capture it's perfection.
This Rose I found during a Sunday afternoon walk in my Laurel Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. I love looking at my neighbors beautiful garden displays.
My neighborhood in San Francisco.
I found this display of flowers outside my daughters apartment building. The contrast of color caught my eye. I LOVE the blue steps. It reminded me of Greece !
I used to visit an elderly friend at her nursing home while in Saratoga Springs. We used to sit outside in the garden on sunny days and enjoy the floral delight of springtime. I was quite taken by this display of blossoms and captured their beauty.
This Delphinium I planted in the summer of 2009. It returned with a twin! In real life it was more of a blue color than purple.
Magnificent!! They return each summer to everyone's delight!
I grow bulbs inside my city apartment. HENCE.........I still can experience the joy of being a gardener WITHOUT the garden.
It has been a fun, experimental process as I moved to California leaving my wonderful flower garden behind. These Hyacinth plants I grew from their bulb stage and all did wonderfully inside a small San Francisco apartment
I grew these inside my apartment here in San Francisco! They were stunning.
These two images of the Yellow Iris would make a nice matching pair,
Daffodils for me have always been the sign that SPRING......is officially here! My neighborhood Daffodils in all their full spring glory!
Grown in my N.Y. garden!
Saratoga Springs, New York is one of the most charming small towns in Upstate N.Y. A historic and charming town just north of Albany, New York's State Capital. Among many other things, Saratoga Springs is famous for its horse racing in the summer months.. The town is a sheer DELIGHT for visitors and a place I also call home during summertime. Saratoga Performing Arts Center is famous for its top performing artists in the summer months. In addition , the New York CIty Ballet calls Saratoga Springs, N.Y home for a month each summer. Their performances at S.P.A.C are always greatly anticipated each and every year. If ever visiting New York this is a town one should add to their MUST SEE list.
Vienna Austria. Sometimes I felt like a time traveler. The city is kept exactly the way it used to be years ago. Viennese have their own special way of preserving without drastic changes. I really love that about Vienna. This photo was taken on Hohe Warte , a grand street in the very posh 19th district. I fell in love with this Magnolia tree and the magnificent architecture of the home. It really is a nice reflection of Vienna's old world charm.
A very traditional old home in the village NeuStift am Walde, Austria. It is a small vineyard village, 20 minutes outside of the city center. THINK HANSEL AND GRETEL. A marvelous village to visit if ever visiting Vienna. I called this village my home for 12 years. It is totally delight and has kept its old world charm as each century passes.
I remember this cold winter morning living in Austria and trying to squeeze my Canon camera between an iron fence to capture this photo. I was captivated by the composition of this particular image.
Various framing options.
An example of a print in the finished 3 in 1 matting frame ready for shipping.
Size 14 by 16 inches
Matted prints sell for $88.00 via my website.
Print only $40.00.
Thick, deep matting of the highest quality
The Blick 3 in 1 roadshow matting I use with each print if one purchases a matted print. Excellent quality.
Ideas for framing.
I have used a 5 inch Plein Air Frame with a brass engraved description plaque. Looks fantastic.
$200.00
Framed work is only available at exhibitions.
Prints or Matted prints can be ordered via my website.
Five inch Plein Air Frame. ( golden crackle)
This size frame with the print sells for $200.00.
Framed work is only available at exhibitions.
An example of a print framed in a 5 inch Plein Air with one of the brass engraved plaques.
I prefer them framed without glass as one does not have any reflection distracting them from the artwork.
This size frame w plaque sells for$ 200.00
The smaller 3 and a half inch frame with brass plaque is $175..00
This 16 by 18 inch frame is with glass and sells for $150.00 Framed and matted prints are available for sale . Contact my email for further details.
I sell only prints and matted prints via my website.
www.dmprints63@gmail.com
16 by 18 inch Gold frame w glass.
$150.00
Contact my email for further details.
www.dmprints63@gmail.com
Prints and Matted Artwork are for sale online.