Jaana Day

The basket I depicted in this painting has been dragged from home to home with me for over 35 years! I've used it many times as a prop for my art. Enjoy!

Koalas are so cute. To touch they are soft and in the wild they are calm and quiet if not disturbed. Mimosa flower is beautiful and I love it's softness with the narrow leaves which bring lovely contrast.

Adventures of living on the land. I grew up on the land and am very thankful for the childhood I had.

Adventures of living on the land. I grew up on the land and am very thankful for the childhood I had.

Adventures of living on the land. I grew up on the land and am very thankful for the childhood I had.

The beautiful pink geranium flowers in my garden were the inspiration for this very loose watercolour painting. Enjoy!

This bouquet of scented roses and lavender is so pretty and romantic. These are some of my favourite flowers right here.

My children loved to pick flower posies for me and I did the same thing for my mother. This illustration tells that story.

Nasturtiums have grown in our garden for years so they are an ongoing source of inspiration.

Watercolour painting of tulips for pleasure.

Lots of leaves

Roses and Teacups pattern

Roses growing in a cup. I have a maidenhair fern growing in a teacup so why not a rose plant.

White Roses Blue Forget Me Nots Polka Dots on Grey Abstract Floral

White Roses Blue Forget Me Nots Polka Dots on Peach Fuzz Abstract Floral

White Roses Polka Dots Abstract Blue Floral

White Roses on Peach Fuzz Abstract Floral

Blue Forget Me Nots Polka Dots on Peach Fuzz Abstract Floral

Watercolour Blue Forget Me Nots on Yellow Abstract Floral with Polka Dots

Abstract Blue Floral Polka Dots on Green

Easter is coming up and I did some research to find out what flowers are meaningful for this time of year. I wanted to create a floral design that is positive because that is what Easter means to me. Jesus came to set me free!

Mr Kookaburra is up on his perch keeping a close watch on the bush proceedings, especially on the lookout for as tasty morsel to keep hunger at bay.

This little foal is the apple of his fathers eye. Mother mare is super proud and pleased as well. But little fella looks a bit mischievous and ready to head off on many adventures.

Curious Kitty is trying to make friends with the colourful caterpillar munching on the pretty pink flowers.

On my birthday, I was inspired to set up a still life with a piece of my birthday cake. It was a fun project to find bits and pieces for the still life and then to paint the cake quickly so my 6yo could eat it. :) All the while I painted the piece of cake Tim kept asking if he could eat it yet and please hurry up mummy! It proved to be a challenge when the cake was gone and there was a hole so to speak in my still life. It's amazing how colours affect each other. Genesis heat set oils on 40cm x 30cm stretched canvas.

Little girl with toy wateringcan.

In this painting my goal was to capture some of the energy and movement which expresses the freedom felt by the dancer.

Happy with her thoughts by the lagoon :)

Pink shoes.

This is a oil painting of the elements I think of as romantic. Red roses in a vase with a lace curtain.

Sweet childhood memories of road trips.

Beginnings in the Journey of Life. My aim is to portray the beginning of a journey. The little girl is entering a garden filled with wonder and mystery. The journey of life is filled with beginnings. Numerous beginnings. Beginnings filled with hope, mystery, wonder, excitement, anticipation and probably much, much more. As youngsters, we begin by learning and exploring. I hope we retain that curiosity throughout our lives and the many beginnings which follow. A new beginning may present itself unexpectedly, leaving us feeling anxious, excited or vulnerable. Regardless, beginnings are to be embraced. The lessons to be learned are valuable, launching us into new beginnings filled with what was previously out of our reach.

Painting I did from my imagination, but for the gate I found a reference of a very old falling apart gate.

A quiet place down by the water.

Those great big droopy sad Basset hound eyes just get at you... Yep, it was those eyes that provided the inspiration for this painting.

As a kid, back in the 1970s, I loved it when dad would stop for a roadside rest along the journey.