garden – Julie Mason Art

Tulips & Hyacinths

TULIPS & HYACINTHS If you forced me to paint just one kind flower over and over for the rest of my life, as long it was TULIPS , it would be okay. In tulips, you can behold infinite variety in just about everything that matters.

Good Morning

GOOD MORNING It’s early morning in the garden and at first glance, you’d notice these fuzzy purple flowers popping out of gray-green leaves. Get REALLY close up, and there appear so many shades of color, and each petal is its own distinct shape. You’ve gotta get on your knees once in a while, so…

White Crocuses

WHITE CROCUSES After the long Colorado winter, I stroll the Denver Botanic Gardens nearly every week starting in mid-March, desperate to find signs of life. Nothing says SPRINGTIME like crocuses. They’re such bold little things, defying cold and snow just to herald our slow turn back to the sun. They bloom to glorify God, nature,…

Magnolias

MAGNOLIAS In all of Creation, magnolia blossoms have to be near the top of the magnificence chart. Before they even have leaves, the magnolia trees at the Denver Botanical Gardens burst boldly into the cerulean spring sky.

August still life

August I adore summer. I love gardening. I so appreciate my neighbor Carolyn, who took me to her Denver urban garden for the very last harvest of sunflowers. Three little squashes begged not to be left behind. In this painting, it is summer forever.