Flower Power

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind."  - Luther Burbank

Double White Hibiscus 

in Makiki (Honolulu) 

White can be beautiful, because there are many subtle hues of colors in the color white when you observe closely.   I agree with the quote above by Luther Burbank; flowers can make you happier and are a joy to have around.    But I have always enjoyed beautiful things, in particular flowers and nature and lovely scenery.    

Better than flowers being sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind is a close personal relationship with God and reading and studying His Holy Word.   That is the best cure for everything, especially in trials and sorrows.   

Almost Lavender Plumeria 

Kaimuki (Honolulu)

Orchid Tree Blossoms 

Honolulu

It is officially Spring now and I thought a blog post here about flowers was rather timely.   Some of the flowers shown here are in the Honolulu area and photos of  others were taken on the mainland when I visited there.    

Water Hyacinth

Honolulu Zoo

Water Lilies

Ala Moana Beach Park Honolulu

Magnolia 

New Orleans, Louisiana

I have only painted 2 magnolia works in my life.   The first one was when my daughter was about 10 years old and she picked a magnolia blossom for me and it was beginning to fade to a pale beige shade when I painted it.....it turned out rather well even though it was not the pretty white you usually associate with a magnolia blossom.    Several years later I completed a much smaller painting of magnolia blossoms and it got stolen at an art show in a mall.   Maybe I better stick to painting other flowers.   

Iris

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lily , Honolulu

Ti Plant in bloom

Ti plants are native to the Hawaiian Islands as well as the Philippines.   I have one on my lanai here but it has never bloomed for me.   They are quite popular landscaping plants here in Honolulu and elsewhere in Hawaii.

I hope you enjoyed this visit to my blog and I will post more flowers at another time.   Here in Hawaii something is always in bloom because it is like Spring all the time.   In the winter it gets a little cooler (especially at night) but not that much and it rains more here in the winter months.  Hawaii is a perfect place for flower lovers to live !

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Hodge Podge Of Flowers On Oahu, Hawaii

Rainbow Shower Tree

I love these trees!   The Shower trees come in other colors, but this is my favorite combination of hues.  They are not very large trees, as you can tell in the photograph below.

There are so many beautiful blooming trees in Hawaii.   And of course, everyone associates the Hibiscus flower with these islands.    

Below are a couple of my reference photographs of water lilies.   Please keep in mind to not copy these photos in any way unless you ask my permission.

I hope to paint these before too long.    The above photo of the white water lilies is okay except for the extreme light on the upright flower to the left.   But as an artist, I can fix that when I paint by putting more darks in that blossom and using subdued color.   I mainly love the red reflections in the water from plants above and behind that rock.

This is a Ti plant, or some here in Hawaii call it a Tea Leaf plant.   I was told it was native to Hawaii, but have since learned it is native to the Philippines as well. I have this plant on my lanai and it has gotten much larger than when this photo was taken.   I love the burgundy and reddish shades, but they come in green and variegated varieties as well.

More to follow soon.   

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