Autumn is so leisurely lingering
and thoughts of pumpkins and trees in shades of oranges and red and yellow
are ever present.
I truly can’t remember when I have enjoyed the Fall season more.
The weather has been so beautiful.
Work has been busy.
Life has been full of exciting changes and anticipation.
One late evening this past week,
I felt the need… the urge… Β the desire… to paint.
I opened my palette and wasn’t sure what to do.
So I searched my Pinterest inspiration and found and amazing artist, Herry Arifin,
whose style totally intrigued me!
The looseness, the light, the brightness, the bold strokes and color
totally captivated me.
I used one of his paintings as an exercise to practice and created this.
It doesn’t even come remotely close to the talent of Herry, but it was sure fun to try.
And I made myself do it from memory and imagination and with freedom and abandon as opposed to looking at and copying.
It’s been fun watching friends post photos of their little “pumpkins” in pumpkin patches and dreaming of our little pumpkin. Β In fact, it is getting hard to think of much else!
This grandma-in-waiting is ready to take on the official role and title. Β Just a few more weeks to go!
Happy Autumn!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
very beautiful and excited for you )
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Thanks so much Beth! Learning plenty from the great example you set! π
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So, the ‘countdown’ begins and soon….you will be a grandma π so exciting !!!
Love your pic Jodi. Autumn really is beautiful π
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Oh Lynn – It is hard not to burst with excitement! π β€
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I am sure, I am so excited for you π β€
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Thanks!!!
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Happy for you! That is a beautiful painting β₯
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Thanks so so much! π
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I love the painting Jodi! It’s beautiful! I am excited for you about your new baby granddaughter! WooHoooo! It is only a few weeks away!!
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Thanks PJ! I can hardly stand it – want to burst! π β€
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I can imagine! I would feel the same way!
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Happy Autumn Grandma-in-waiting! π
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wooooohoooohooo! π β€
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Love this one Jodi! (I’m drawn to fall colors I think!)
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Thanks Sadie – glad you enjoyed! π
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The painting is lovely!
It won’t be long now til your little one arrives! It’s an amazing time for you and the family!
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Thanks Deborah! It is a wonderful exciting time. βΊοΈ
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Love the painting Jodi. Loose and gorgeous colors. Soon you will be joining the grandma club. πβ€
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Thanks Susan. I cannot wait!!! βΊοΈ
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I really, really like your painting Jodi, the compartmentism (is that the word?) of it intrigues me, love those trees and of course the splashes. I didn’t even bother going to look at Herry’s painting, I wanted to look at yours!
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Aren’t you sweet??!! Thanks Margaret!!!
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This is lovely!! This is a wonderful style for you… more more like this please! Beautiful! π And thanks for the introduction to Herry as well!
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Awh thanks Charlie. Isn’t herry’s work amazing?!
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Yeah… it’s so awesome! I’ll have to share it with Philippe. He’d love it!
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Pinterest is a great resource for inspiration! LOVE LOVE this Jodi! I like your style, lady! π So excited for you too! I imagine Colleen is ready too! πππΈπ
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Awh. Thanks Jill!! She is π
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This is stunning Jo! πLove the style and it’s adoption into your version!
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Thanks Sne!! βΊοΈ
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As Herry inspired you, you inspire us! Beautiful scene!
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Awh. What a sweet thing to say!!! Thank you. βΊοΈ
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Gorgeous one Grama!
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Thanks grama Lynn! π
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Love that you captured one of my favorite seasons so well..:)
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Thanks George!!π
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I didn’t look at his style, but your style is all your own! Both the trees and punkin’s are awesome. I wish I could say fall was leisurely for me this year, between our remodel in progress and everything taking twice as long with one hand makes me feel like I have no spare time!
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You have had a challenging Fall. Ours has been busy too. What I was trying to emulate was that Fall Weather was leisurely in the way that it was lasting long and has been so wonderful, but I might have stated that wrong – lol!
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I LOVE this Jodi! It is so happy! Just adorable! Can’t wait until your little pumpkin arrives π
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Thanks so much Jenna! Oh – if you only knew how I am ready to burst!?! Well – you likely do! haha!
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I enjoy all of your art, but honestly, the ones I seem to like best are the ones when you are just giving yourself freedom to experiment. You always come up something great!
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Well – that is very nice of you Ann! I need to gain more confidence. I haven’t had a lot of time for art lately, but love it so. π
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aw I love this! very sweet.
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