Jennifer Love Artwork BLOG

Hello, art enthusiasts and nature lovers! 🌼 Have you ever closely observed a butterfly flitting between flowers? If you haven’t, you’re in for a treat! Today, I’m excited to share one of my watercolor paintings that captures the vibrant dance of a majestic monarch butterfly amidst a colorful floral landscape. The Inspiration Behind the Canvas Nature is a never-ending source of inspiration. While looking out my kitchen window to my Buddleia bushes, I spotted this lovely lady and had to rush out to grab a few pics on my phone camera. Wings spread wide, travelling from flower to flower as if it was showcasing a grand performance just for me, it's so hard to capture these beauties in flight, so I took some pics while she was resting on the flower.  The result? A vibrant watercolor that’s all about celebrating the joy of nature! Vibrancy in Every Stroke In this piece, splashes of bold pink flowers create a lively backdrop for our butterfly friend. Each stroke was a playful clash of hue...

The last year and a half have been a challenge for our family and, in particular, the last nine months have taken much of my attention as Mom. Our youngest son was diagnosed Anxiety, causing ODD behaviors last June. We have been in therapy with him since that time. Weekly at first, then every two weeks, then three, then every six weeks - until yesterday - our most recent therapy session. Apparently we have "graduated" and that will be our last session (unless we have a major resurgence of problems). Admittedly, I am a little nervous going it alone, but the the therapist seems to have confidence in my skills to assess the situations and adapt our approach to his behavior in order to achieve positive results. I think child therapy sessions would really be more aptly named "parenting therapy." We have learned some great tools and techniques to help us better communicate with our little one as well as improve behavior and cooperation. But, there are always setbacks and ...

I was recently nominated by my friend (and fellow artist) Neena Plant-Henninger to do a challenge on Facebook: Post three paintings per day for five days - and nominate another artist to do the same each day that you post. They could be old or new paintings. The point: to fill Facebook with art images for the new year. Sounded fun, so I did! :) I tried to post around a bit of a theme for each day. Here are my five days' worth of paintings.  Day 1: Ballerinas (slightly older work) Day 2: Animals (more recent work) Day 3: Portraits (REALLY old work...but I still like them :)) Day 4: Kokopelli (more recent work - including a woven painting) Day 5: Butterflies (slightly older + more recent work - and, of course, I couldn't choose favorites, so three paintings turned into seven for this final day!) This was super fun, and also a good exercise for me. It helped me to realize that, even though I am facing the ch...