Here is the backyard garden in our rental house at Cape Cod. There are flowers, butterflies and birds everywhere. Lovely place to hang out every morning.
Backyard Watercolor Sketches from Cape Cod by Ann McCann
“Flower or Feeder?” The goldfinch cant decide which to eat!
“Lilies are Blooming!” I watch them every day for the openings.
Daylily Watercolor Sketches 8 X 8"
Daylily Movement
Daylilies flourish by the roadside in New England. They are very cheery!
Driveway Daylilies
"Daylilies on the Marsh" by Ann McCann 8 X 10" Plein Air Oil
I am getting ready to go to the Cape! Here is a painting of the marsh in Wellfleet that I painted outdoors last year. When you paint outdoors, you go fast and loose. There are many daylilies in June there. Here are yellow and orange ones.
"Texas Gold" by Ann McCann 12 X 16" Watercolor
Still getting the Texas wildflowers out of my system. With this one, I let the water really flow within the Indian Blanket flowers and added lots of gold paint. The painting really sparkles!
Ann McCann's Two Paintings at the Plein Visions in Miniature Exhibition July 15 - August 16, 2024 in Corsicana
"Laura's Wildflowers" (above) & "Warren Ferris Memorial Wildflower Garden" (below) 9 x12 " Oil Paintings
"Ennis Exhibition" by Ann McCann 12 x 16" Watercolor
I am always trying to create the perfect bluebonnet painting. Believe it or not, they are hard to paint as the color blue recedes. Nature knows the answer, add orange Indian paintbrush! Notice the vultures circling overhead.
"Texas Two" by Ann McCann 12 X 16" Watercolor
I’ve been focusing on watercolors lately. I am working on getting loose edges, and I love how the Indian blankets flow here. Though these wildflowers are long gone now, they are still fresh in my mind.
SOLD "Wildflower Heat" by Ann McCann 9 X 12" Plein Air Oil
I am so glad that someone else loved this scene as much as I did. It was such a great day painting in the wildflower fields of Connemara Nature Preserve in Allen, TX.
"Chandor Garden Bridge" by Ann McCann 18 X 24" Oil
This is a once private garden in Weatherford, TX that has been opened to the public. It has a Asian theme which is reflected in this bridge. Lovely place to visit.
"Laura's Wildflowers" by Ann McCann 9 X 12" Plein Air Oil
I sat in the sun behind the George W Bush Presidential Library and painted these wildflowers. Believe it or not, there are 15 acres of wildflower fields in bloom right now there. Amazing place.
"Evening Walk on the Beach" by Ann McCann 10 X 10" Watercolor
The night sky is not just black. We took a walk at 3:00 am to the Wellfleet Harbor (couldn’t sleep!) and were amazed at all the light and color in the sky.
"Wildflower Heat" by Ann McCann 9 x 12" Oil
We plein air painted at Connemara Nature Preserve in Plano, Tx on Saturday. The sky was gray, but the wildflowers glowed, bee balm, coneflowers, basket flowers and firewheels. They transported us in jeep-like trucks and fed us muffins and coffee. A fun event!
