Jaana Day

Description: Sweet childhood memories of road trips.

Description: 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.

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

Description: A quiet place down by the water.

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

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

Description: A relaxing morning spent creating watercolour flowers on paper.

Description: White roses are beautiful and very special to me. I even gave a bunch to my then boyfriend now hubby before we got married over 32 years ago. Forget me not flowers are fab also and go perfectly together with white roses to say how you feel to someone special.

Description: These flowers are wanting your attention. Painterly and loose watercolour floral design from my studio.

Description: This digital painting started life as an ink sketch. I wanted to achieve a more modern look.

Description: Persimmons…yummy. Those words must be synonyms along with wonderful neighbours who give you some persimmons off their tree! This morning, I cut the lovely soft fruit and then placed them onto a plate and painted, from life. Such a joy! :) I love it!

Description: Walks along the beach are my all time favourite. This oil painting is how I feel whilst on the beach feeling the sand between my toes and the salty sea breeze in my hair. Freedom.

Description: These gorgeous shabby pink roses represent for me the dance we take in our relationships with the people we love. Hence the name “Our Dance”.

Description: Gorgeous oil painting prints for your wall/gift.

Description: Tried to keep this one really loose and just place each brush stroke and leave it instead of fiddling endlessly as I tend to do.

Description: Receiving a warm welcome by pets is something special.

Description: The pioneer life!

Description: This painting represents the good old days of horse ploughing and I had fun imagining what it would have been like back in the early days in Australia.

Description: Cats love to be served and spoiled.

Description: Daily Artwork No.10 6" x 6" gessoed panel, Genesis heat-set artist oils. This sweet painting was inspired from a gorgeous photo from www.pixabay.com. I love all the elements here. Light and dark, and warm and cool colours resulting from the setting sun. Also large brush strokes in the shadows and less brushstrike detail in the distance which allows the setting sun to shine. The detail on the girls is scant, it is the complementary colours that make the focal point. Am I making any sense??? Think I might be waffling a bit now, but this is another of my favourites. :)

Description: Colourful Florals in watercolour and ink.

Description: This design is an abstract watercolour painting with line art to give the impression of the tulips. Painted expressively in an abstract manner. This is part of my current artistic journey of exploring feelings visually. Enjoy!

Description: Superb Fairy Wrens on a date.

Description: This past week has been busy in my garden. Lots of visitors.

Description: A gorgeous Kookaburra came to look for grubs in our Lockyer Valley farmyard this morning, so I stalked him with my camera. What else could I do, I mean he made such a beautiful sight. :-) Then of course I just had to draw him. Here is the result. Soft pastels on 18cm x 24.75cm watercolour card (Bockingford watercolour paper, acid free, 300g/m², CP)

Description: This kookaburra was sitting up on a high stump watching all the Australia Zoo visitors passing by. He posed very nicely I might add :)

Description: This Indian elephant sketch/drawing, was a joy to draw. This elephant I met at the zoo 11 years ago, took a photo and just recently found the photo and thought he would be fun to draw.

Description: This gorgeous elephant was a joy to draw with india ink. Enjoy!

Description: In creating this design, I was inspired by the beautiful Toile fabrics.

Description: Childhood memories of collecting eggs and avoiding the rooster.

Description: Dragonfly beauty.

Description: Our raspberry plant is fruiting at the present, and I just love the look of these gorgeous, delectable, bite size bits of yumminess. :) I lined them all up on my bench took some photos and just had to paint them, and then, well let's just say they tasted delicious! ;)

Description: My garden has beautiful pelargoniums flowering and their freedom to bloom inspired me to freely create with watercolor.

Description: Memories of when I was a little girl Something I loved about my childhood was the chance to visit our friends place when the milking was on. ‘Helping’ and feeling like a very big girl doing it. A huge thrill when walking into the milking shed, awe at the large cows, fear of getting stood on (despite staying very close to mum) and excitement at getting to be so close to the action. Of course the much awaited treat was a glass of fresh warm milk.

Description: A few apples and a basket on my kitchen bench.

Description: ‘Busy Watching’ – Kookaburra, an Australian Native Bird.