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June 2, 2019 6:00 am

Daisies, Peace & Love.

I wanted to paint a daisy for a special reason recently.

I’ve tried before – quite a while ago – actually three years ago – and was not really happy with the result.  (Though looking back now I kinda like it…. funny how that is sometimes.)

Anyway – I went searching on Pinterest for some inspiration and happened upon an artist I fell in love with:  Alex Tolstoy.  Her style is one of my favorite ways to paint – and to look at paintings!  So this is an attempt at her daisy.

I want to do more painting like this and can’t wait to try some original pieces based on this inspiration.

Wear daisies in your hair, peace in your soul, and love in your heart!

Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi

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48 Responses to “Daisies, Peace & Love”

  1. daisies always make me happy

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    By ksbeth on June 2, 2019 at 6:16 am

    1. Me too ☺️

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 10:34 am

  2. White is hard to paint. You did well.

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    By bcparkison on June 2, 2019 at 8:10 am

    1. Thanks!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 10:33 am

  3. I love your daisy, Jodi!❤️

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    By heartandsoul974 on June 2, 2019 at 8:28 am

    1. Thanks Mary!!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 10:33 am

  4. Jodi, you are an inspiration, I love that you challenge yourself and explore new ideas. Your daisy is brilliant!

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    By Sharon Mann on June 2, 2019 at 9:13 am

    1. YOU inspire me Sharon!!!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 10:33 am

      1. xoxo, thank you Jodi

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        By Sharon Mann on June 3, 2019 at 9:42 am

  5. It’s beautiful! Painting something white always seems daunting to me. You nailed it!!

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    By circadianreflections on June 2, 2019 at 9:32 am

    1. Thanks!!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 10:33 am

  6. I like your “Watercolor Daisies In A Field” just as much. Both paintings are beautiful. Great work.👌

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    By Kelly Miller on June 2, 2019 at 9:32 am

    1. Aww. Thanks!!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 10:32 am

  7. Beautiful and so inspiring.

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    By Maggie on June 2, 2019 at 9:45 am

    1. Thanks!!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 10:32 am

      1. Beautiful freedom of flow, lovely colors. Excellent painting. My style too. Verging on abstract.

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        By dena770 on June 2, 2019 at 2:32 pm

      2. 🙂

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        By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 6:51 pm

  8. Absolutely love it, Jodi!!
    💗🌼💗 Daisies are my favorite and your painting is gorgeous!

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    By pattyanneart on June 2, 2019 at 11:10 am

    1. Thanks Patty!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 6:51 pm

  9. A sun with petals…just what I needed today! (K)

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    By memadtwo on June 2, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    1. 🙂

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 6:51 pm

  10. Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!!! I love both of your daisy watercolors! They are the perfect illustrations of the Old English word for daisy, “daeges eage” translated to “Day’s Eye”. I have always, always loved daisies and cannot see one without being transported back to childhood days spent at my Gram’s farm. An abundance of Oxeye Daisies could be seen growing wild in the fields as well as the lovely cultivated Shasta Daisies placed here, there and everywhere in her gardens. Gram loved to tell anyone who would listen about how Luther Burbank spent 17 years developing the Shasta daisy. I heard the story often and loved it then and now. In his California garden Burbank started with the seeds of a Massachusetts’ Oxeye and over the years performed an intergeneric cross with three other species of daisies from three other countries. I remember that this included an English field daisy, a Japanese field daisy and I think the other was a field daisy from Portugal. Thus, the quadruple hybrid Shasta Daisy named for Mount Shasta’s snowy white peaks was finally introduced by Burbank in 1901. My Gram had a great love for all flowers and often said that the Oxeye daisy and the Dandelion were misunderstood and unappreciated flowers, farmers saw them as invasive weeds then and still do today. “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” – Gerard de Nerval. Thank-you!

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    By Ellen on June 2, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    1. a beautiful story and tribute to a wonderful gram! an inspiration to us grams! I love daisies! Love to you!

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 6:50 pm

  11. This definitely radiates peace! Great job!

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    By joyroses13 on June 2, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    1. 🙂

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 7:32 pm

  12. Sooooooooo lovely !

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    By Chatter Master on June 2, 2019 at 7:34 pm

    1. 🙂

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      By Jodi on June 2, 2019 at 7:42 pm

  13. I love how you keep exploring different styles of painting! 😊 I believe this is what makes creating art so much fun! 🎨✨ Your daisy is lovely, Jodi! 😍

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    By Jill Kuhn on June 3, 2019 at 12:26 am

    1. Thanks Jill! And my birds came this weekend! I LOOOOVVVVVEEE them!!! ❤

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      By Jodi on June 3, 2019 at 8:27 am

  14. Amen to your comments at the end of your post. Looking forward to more painting by you using this interesting painting technique!

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    By spearfruit on June 3, 2019 at 7:39 am

    1. 🙂

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      By Jodi on June 3, 2019 at 8:26 am

  15. fabulous Jodi, I do like her style, especially for flowers! Thanks for sharing!

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    By the Painted Apron on June 3, 2019 at 10:11 am

    1. 🙂

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      By Jodi on June 3, 2019 at 11:16 am

  16. Very well done, Jodi…:)

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    By George on June 3, 2019 at 2:00 pm

  17. It’s beautiful! I hope you do paint more daisies like this!

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    By Ann Coleman on June 3, 2019 at 3:51 pm

    1. thanks Ann! I’ve missed hearing from you! welcome back!

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      By Jodi on June 3, 2019 at 9:46 pm

  18. This is gorgeous! You can actually FEEL the inspiration dripping in those colors! Love it! 😍

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    By Charlie O'Shields on June 3, 2019 at 9:31 pm

    1. awww – thanks Charlie!

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      By Jodi on June 3, 2019 at 9:46 pm

    2. What an AWESOME thing to say, Charlie! Thanks!

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      By Jodi on June 4, 2019 at 12:08 pm

  19. Beautiful art!!
    —
    http://www.areweadultsyet.com

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    By Are We Adults Yet on June 7, 2019 at 3:29 pm

    1. Thanks!

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      By Jodi on June 8, 2019 at 7:28 pm

  20. Love this, and love the flowers in your hair reference, too!

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    By pamkirst2014 on June 30, 2019 at 9:26 pm

    1. Hair reference? I keep trying to figure out what you mean ?? 😐

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      By Jodi on July 1, 2019 at 10:06 am

  21. You mentioned wearing daisies in your hair, and that immediately cranked up early seventies music in my mind…

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    By pamkirst2014 on July 1, 2019 at 10:09 am

    1. Oh… silly me! ❤ Now I want to go pick some daisies!! 🙂

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      By Jodi on July 1, 2019 at 10:10 am

      1. Me too! I have been carefully mowing around the wild ones in the backyard….

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        By pamkirst2014 on July 1, 2019 at 1:28 pm

  22. This is so lovely!

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    By antonia_ on July 6, 2019 at 8:54 am

    1. Thanks!

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      By Jodi on July 6, 2019 at 8:12 pm

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