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Sweet and Heady

Tomorrow will come with each turn of the clock. The thread to yesteryear will unwind just a little longer and the days will count on a little higher. And I will be beneath the tree, sitting within its shade, soaking up the sun on the horizon and smelling sweet scents of the falling petals.—Dominick

Lilac Wine

Hold the seasons where they are just a little longer. The cool Spring wind will soon give way to the warmth of lightning bugs dancing at the close of each day. Until then I will sit below the lilac tree and let the air fill with its sweet scent and shed a tear when the […]

Holding It Together

The grass is always greener. —Dominick

The Last of the Magnolias

The sight of a magnolia tree in full bloom has always caught my attention from blocks away. On the topic of childhood memories and where our passions stem from, I have always had a strong liking—obsession maybe—for trees. This species however is an oddity to me. I can’t place my first memory of it. I have […]

Travels Through Space and Time

I tacked up a drawing a year ago to remind myself of all that I missed last year during the initial stages of this pandemic. A “what Spring means to me” kind of note. As with so much of life that was taken for granted until we had whatever remained in our laps on a […]

Still Waiting

With each sign of Spring there seems to be a not so subtle reminder that the seasons, at least in New York, clash a little before one takes the baton from the other. As I watch the daffodils pop up in front of houses up and down the avenue—mildly obsessed with their strength and form—I […]

Spring Fever

Spring followed me home. In the middle of the yard, while taking a morning walk, I spotted a pair of small purple flowers. As I asked a little closer and bent over to inspect I saw that they were in fact two little crocus. I planted crocus years ago on the opposite side of the […]

The First Sighting

Passing by a little dirt bed along a brick wall I saw the first signs of Spring yesterday. Typically I keep my love for Winter to myself. More than once over the past few months—as the ground was endlessly covered in a blanket of snow—I reminisced with a friend about how this was what it […]

St. Thomas Flower

Thought it would be nice to post a flower from St. Thomas. a little color never hurts! m hurst

Post-it Peonies

The anticipation is strong for peony blossoms. We almost need Post-its to remind us not to blink, lest we miss it. And then, they don’t stick around for too long. If you slow time a bit and pay close attention, you’ll see a spectacular show. Pen on post-its ~Despina

Peony!

My parents have beautiful peonies growing in their front yard. I had to try and capture it. Not so easy, they are so delicate and light! Greg Betza ©2020

Allium

allium illustration

Ink, paper towel and marker ~Despina

peony!

A luscious peony flower that I did a pastel drawing of at last week’s Plein-Air Invitational, at the New York Botanical Garden. You can see this drawing and several others I made that day on my website, Veronica Lawlor Gallery.

Poinsettia

poinsettia illustration

We have so many poinsettia’s around my house this time of year I just had to draw one. Marker on paper. Greg Betza ©2018

Peonies in full bloom

Flower arrangement given to me by a dear friend. Pencil on paper ~Despina

From the Archives

Each weekend Studio 1482 will be featuring posts from the One Drawing A Day archives. Today’s post is by Greg Betza, from back in 2016. It’s titled “Iris.” #ODADarchive This painting was made last spring/summer and with the weather so nice on the east coast I thought I’d post it. Get outside and enjoy it. […]

Rose of Sharon

A charcoal drawing of the flower, Rose of Sharon. m hurst

A Rose

I’m currently working on a job where I’ve had to paint a series of roses. Here is one that didn’t make the cut. Greg Betza ©2017

#TBT Flower

I made this painting some years ago at the New York Botanical Garden. It’s my favorite place to paint on location. #nybg #tbt Greg Betza ©2017

Then Along Came A Crocus

Carrying bags in from the car I was shocked to see one lonely crocus in the flowerbeds. Plenty of shoots that do not look as if they will produce any blooms, but right upfront was a sole crocus. All the pics on instagram in the previous weeks had destroyed my hopes that I would find any out front. I figured […]