~ Marie Flynn Fine Art ~
" I think of flowers as little jewels in nature. They're visual attraction reminds us of the beauty and happiness in the world around us and to appreciate life to the fullest". "I believe my flower paintings are a reflection of that". ~Marie
Alberta Rose ~ Double Bloom
This painting I did is very special. The Alberta Wild Rose is Alberta's Provincial Floral Emblem. They grow in abundance on bushes and are very pretty. I have two of them on my front lawn. This one was especially interesting to paint seeing that it was larger than the rest. I love the variations and intensity of the pink colors that they come in. Private Collection
Playful Petals ~ Crab Apple
I have two very large crabapple trees on my front lawn. Every other year they bloom and what a spectacle it is. It's also very messy once all the flowers die off and not to mention all the crabapples. A small price to pay however given how beautiful they are. They give off a lovely fragrance too.
Purity ~ Water Lily 1
Water Lily 1 & 2 were both taken from photos that I took a few years back while visiting the Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, B.C.
A stunning painting because of all the sun shine. Just looking at it, you can feel the warmth. The name Purity symbolize the color white.
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Christmas Rose
I called this the Christmas Rose because I painted it around Christmas time, not that's it's an actual Christmas rose. In reality it probably has a real name for this type of flower but I don't really know what it is. Christmas Rose sounded nice at the time. The red color is what drew me to paint it. A color of the holiday season which I love. This painting close up is a real stunner because of the bright colors and the frenzy of leaves behind it sort of makes you want to find something inside.
Garden Irises
From a photo I took while visiting family in Victoria, B.C. I saw these in a flower bed inside a traffic circle. Silly me, I parked the car and ran across the road to take the picture. People must have thought I was crazy to be dodging cars for this and I guess I am. But as I said, Flowers are one of my favorite subjects to paint.
Purity ~ Water Lily 2
Poppy Fantasy
Poppies are such beautiful flowers. They come in so many colors and sizes. This painting has a full array of them. I painted this as a gift for a lady I worked with who was leaving her job after many years of service. Gifted
This painting was taken from a photo as well and from the same place as Water Lily 1. I love the how the lily pads look in this one, and with the water overlapping them, you really get a feel for how they look in nature.
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Purple and Yellow Irises
I love Irises. This one I painted while camping one summer on Vancouver Island. Pictured here are the hedges and a light pole in the distance just behind the flowers and to the left were rows of Lupins and their buds. I love this painting. Private Collection
White Shrub Rose
This is an early painting of mine. I took a photo of this shrub rose while waiting to board at a ferry terminal. It's the first one I did in a series of others as you can see on this page. What I found interesting about this subject was the paper thin quality of the petals. I could almost see through them. The flower itself is only a couple of inches in diameter so I had to get up close to it.
The other interesting story behind this flower is the person who looked at it. I was selling something on Kijiji one day and a man from Edmonton answered my ad. He came over to my house to pick up his item and noticed this painting and inquired about it. He studied my painting intensely and liked it very much. It turned out he's a professional artist and a well known prominent painter in Alberta. I had no idea until I found out later who he was. Although it felt rather unusual, we chatted about our art. I appreciated the feed back he gave me that day.
Dancing Angels
White Petunias
These Petunias were in a pot on my deck last summer. They were blooming nicely. I set myself up to paint them but decided not to paint the pot as well. I just wanted to show the flowers. The Teal background came as a result of my love for this color in particular and I felt it would make the flowers stand out. I think it's one of my best and most realistic of my flower paintings. Private Collection
I named this painting Dancing Angels because of the petals flapping in the wind as I saw them, sort of like angels dancing gracefully in long flowing white gowns. It's just the vision I had at the time. I was visiting a garden in B.C. when I spotted these. They do stand quite tall and the flowers are quite large in size. I painted them later in my studio from the photo I took as I wasn't able to paint them on site.
Evening Primrose
Southern Magnolia
I have always loved Magnolias. Beautiful fragrant flowers of the South and the most well known variety in this painting. My Canadian parents had lived and worked in the US for a number of years and talked about this flower, saying how beautiful the Magnolia trees are. I decided to paint one for my mother from a photo I found and as a reminder of her time there. SOLD
There's not too much to say about this small painting except to say that I was looking for something to paint in blue at the time. I remember buying a tube of Ultramarine blue paint and I was eager to start using it. After looking at all my other paintings I thought blue was missing in the group. The interest in this painting for me is the relation between the light from above the flowers illuminating the color of the yellow centers and the blue variations of the petals. I felt it really made an impact.
Three Sisters ~ Mountain Asters
I named this painting The Three Sisters after finding them on a day trip to Lake Minnewanka near Banff. These girls are tiny in size and grow close to the ground. They are found pretty much everywhere in the Rockies and you can see them while hiking on trails or at campgrounds and parks. They're so cute and one of my favorites.
Sunflower Radiance
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Pink Allure ~ Rose
This is definitely very special and one of the most favorite of my flower paintings. I painted it from life and I have used the image for many other applications over the years including desk top images. It's the one featured on my home page on this website. I just love how this flower looks in general, as it is so beautiful in its shape and color. It was a joy to paint it, capturing it's essence. Private Collection
Eloquence ~ Blue Iris Close-Up
A few years back I was visiting The Revelstoke Art Gallery in Revelstoke British Columbia. Unfortunately, I got there at closing time, but the visit was not wasted when I noticed they had a beautiful flower garden right beside the building. I went for a stroll with my camera in hand. They had many large sunflowers there leaning on one wall against the building entrance just waiting for a snap shot. I really enjoyed painting this one because I liked the flowers against the red brick wall behind them.
At the time I painted this, I had seen artwork of flowers that focused only on a small section of the flower itself, making it look large. I was attracted by the vibrant blue and yellow parts of the Iris. I liked the contrast of the two colors contrasting together.
These Peonies are lovely and came from the many reference flower photos I have. All four are for sale.
White Rose
This is another large flower painting and was inspired by my love of the art of American Painter, Georgia O'Keeffe. Using one of my own photos, I first sketched it out right on the canvas, then painted it. I like some of the more subtle colors in this creation and I find it invokes a softness to it.
Nasturtiums
These nasturtiums seen here were from a large pot in my backyard garden. I took a picture of it standing above the pot, looking down on them. The flowers are pretty, but what I found most interesting are the leaves. They have an unusual interesting shape to them that I love.
Pink Passion
A few years back, while taking a stroll at a park in the Okanagan, I had seen several large bushes with pink flowers in them. They were quite nice and the pink flowers really stood out against all the leaves. I like painting bushes because along with the flowers, I like the feeling of depth that you see in the bush itself.
Potted Pinks
These lovely flowers sat in a pot on my deck. We had a hail storm in Calgary which caused a lot of damage and my poor flowers got it. I was able to take a photo before it happened and decided to turn it into this painting. The colors are bright and beautiful.
November Poppies
This unusual piece was painted using both acrylic paint and permanent colored markers. The effect is very interesting and even more impressive to see it live. I was inspired by the poppies that is worn to commemorate our brave soldiers that fought in WW1 & 2.
Pleasing Petals
I painted this from a photo I took standing above a few large planters that contained an abundance of these flowers. I combined the flowers to create this colorful painting.
Roses
Roses of all varieties are so lovely. They come in many colors, shapes and sizes. Some are fragrant too. They look great in vases and can uplift your mood as well as send a message of Love.
A Sunflower for Ukraine
A donation to the Hart Humanitarian Aid Response Team. SOLD
Garden Oasis
The image for this lovely piece came from an old calendar that I had some years ago and used as reference in this painting. The colors here are vibrant and very beautiful to see up close. It would make for a great addition to any décor. Send me a message if interested.
Garden Delight
The second in this series features another inspirational image taken from an old calendar as reference. With some changes made to it, as with the Garden Oasis painting, the vibrant colors, depth and composition takes on a new meaning to the beauty of this painting. Send me an email message if your are interested in a purchase.
Garden Varieties
Garden Allure
This is the third in my series of floral garden paintings. The colors are bold and bright and have quite an impact when seen up close. Enjoy!
Soft Glow
This is a lovely and colorful floral combination and is the latest of my acrylic paintings. It's also painted around the outer edges of the canvas and is against a teal green back drop.
Alberta Rose ~ Double Bloom
This is a repeat painting of the post at the top of this page. I thought I'd paint it again using some different paint colors.
The last in my floral garden series. This one has a more painterly appearance than the other paintings. A beautiful piece.
White Water Lily
This is the latest in my floral painting collection. A lovely piece and a welcome sight to lift the spirits on a cold winter's day. This painting is available for sale.
July Pond Lily
The inspiration for this Lily came from seeing many lilies of various colors at the Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC.