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Let’s take a Spring Tour of Sag Harbor Florist! Hyacinth Watercolor of their Bouquet Design!

April 19, 2013 by Lois |0 Comment

Sag Harbor Florist Floral Bouquet in Watercolor

Spring Hyacinth Bouquet Watercolor… Bouquet from Sag Harbor Florist…. Watercolor will be at the Guild Hall Members Spring Exhibition…Opening April 27, 2013….. to June 3, 2013

Beautiful Hyacinths from Anastasia Casale’s Sag Harbor Florist Boutique in Sag Harbor (SHF), the Hamptons, NY. …..Let’s take a Tour!

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A Bird’s Eye View A Simple Bouquet of Greens and Luscious Purples

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White Hyacinths in the Bud! Annie’s Boutique is always well stocked !

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Sag Harbor Florist‘s Entrance…. A Victorian White Trimmed Brick Shop in Bay St. facing the Harbor, next to Bagel Buoy and Donna Karan’s Urban Zen

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So Much Color surrounding the Porch and the Sun-Speckled Lawn is so inviting!

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What to choose????

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The Front Door opens upon the Garden Statuary and garden gifts…..

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One passes a “Succulents” Table as you walk down the corridor to the Back Workshop where all the designing goes on.

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A Photographer’s Dream in all angles….in late day sunlight!!

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This greets you from the side door!

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Don’t neglect the bottom shelf!

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The workshop tables are behind buckets of flowers awaiting selection for the Florist’s Craft practiced below the Skylight Lighting.

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Spring Bouquets of Forsythia, Roses, Tulips and Greens…..

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Flowers reaching up to the Skylight!

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A Fuschia and Magenta Extravaganza! Anemones, Hydrangeas and Tulips Saturate one’s senses! Gift Alert! If you are a Mom in the range of Sag Harbor’s Delivery Zone and your offspring is planning to give you a floral gift from SHF, you are one lucky lady….. SHF is getting ready for Mother’s Day! Floral Greetings from SHF! ….and Garden, Spring and Watercolor Greetings from GardenSpiritsNY! Enjoy your Spring and visit SHF and your own neighborhood Florist soon!

Filed Under: Display Windows, Floral Arrangements and watercolors, Florists, Garden, Photography, Spring, The Hamptons, Watercolor Tagged With: Art, Florist Shops, Hyacinths watercolors, Sag Harbor, the Hamptons, watercolor, watercolor and floral arangements

Spring — Le Printemps est arrivé! To Celebrate, a Bouquet “en Aquarelle” of course, and a Tour of Polux Fleuriste Boutique!

April 2, 2013 by Lois |0 Comment

A “GardenSpirits” Spring Bouquet of featuring a “Lavender and Green Color Palette,” in a 30″ w x 22″ h Watercolor. The Floral Arrangement is from Polux Fleuriste Boutque in Tribeca, where Anouchka and Barbara, the florists bring fantasy and French flavor into their extraordinary floral designs.

Alliums, Anemones, Hyacinths and Roses…..

Bird’s Eye View!

French Script on Blackboards adds to the French Country Charm of this Boutique in Tribeca!

A Visit to Polux Fleuriste is definitely a MUST! It’s a French Floral Curiosity Shop filled “Garden Room” Treasures!

On April 1st, I took a tour in photographs! Let’s Take a Tour on this charming French gem of a boutique!

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French Grey and the Nostalgia of old photographs brings the past full of memories and romance to the decor and the atmosphere as a backdrop to the saturated colors of the flowers.

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Each Visit has so much visual stimulation…. and is always different with different flowers!

GardenSpiritsNY Loves Polux Fleuriste Boutique…. Visit and take your own tour! www.poluxnyc.com

Alliums, Anemones, Hyacinths and Roses….. The Bouquet to welcome Spring!

Enjoy the Unfolding of Spring! GardenSpirits are everywhere!

Filed Under: Art, Floral Arrangements and watercolors, Florists, Garden, New York Flower Shops, Spring, Watercolor Tagged With: Anemones, Bouquet of Aquarelle Flowers, French Floral Boutiques, Gardens, Lavender and Green Color Palettes, New York Flower Shops, Polux Fleuriste, Spring, Spring Bouquet, Vase of Alliums Anemones Hyacinths Roses, Watercolors of Alliums Anemones Hyacinths Roses

February Bouquet: Countdown to Valentine’s Day…Red Cabbage, and Roses, and, etc….

February 7, 2013 by Lois |0 Comment

February Bouquet of Red Cabbage accompanied by Anemones, Roses, Hyacinths, Eucalyptus…. Red Cabbage is so Beautiful in Decorative Landscaping….. I couldn’t resist painting it in a Floral Arrangement! Valentine’s Day is coming! and so are Flowers!

Bouquets of Hyacinths behind and of Red Cabbage, Anemones and Hyacinths in front.

Double Bouquets of Hyacinths behind and a spray of Red Cabbage, Anemones and Hyacinths in front.

Whether I’m watercolor sketching for quick impressions or painting longer more studied watercolors, varying the purpose increases the challenge for me to explore the expressive color and gestures I find in the flowers….. just playing with paint and color to capture the spirit! Under the spell of Valentine’s Day, hoping to paint a lot of flowers! 1 Week to Go to send your Valentine a Gift, a Greeting or just a few words… or a flower!

Filed Under: Art, Floral Arrangements and watercolors, Florists, Garden, Uncategorized, Watercolor, Winter Flowers Tagged With: Eucalyptus, February Flowers, Floral Arrangements, Gardens, gardens in winter, Hyacinths, Red Cabbage, Roses and Anemones

Hyacinths…. a Breath of Spring in January….and Gerbers! Oh My!

January 20, 2013 by Lois |0 Comment

Hyacinths are a prelude to Spring…. It’s a Harbinger with a memorable Scent, thick stalks of white turning to purple…..and they have a long lasting bloom.

Add a few Gerbers in a double vase arrangement to create a dynamic interplay….

And then let the Gerbers be the Star…..the perfect “teardrop” petal!

Hyacinths and Gerbers in vases are waiting for Spring!

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What To See Holiday Week?… Last Days To View Art Galleries’ 2012 Shows, and A Happy New Year!

January 1, 2013 by Lois |0 Comment

Robert Kushner at the DC Moore Gallery in Chelsea gives us Calligraphic Tulips and Peonies in a neutral palettes of paint and collage, rich is gesture and expressive line… Spare, structural dynamic notes of black, white, neutrals, read and metallic golds…

James McMullan at the SVA Gallery whose illustrations span a 50 year career shows up the beauty of art revealing the stories of plays (Lincoln Center posters) and literature where images enlighten the words… This was an amazing mini-retrospective of McMullan’s art journey…

Let’s Visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art This Holiday Week!

December 26, 2012 by Lois |0 Comment

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This is the last week of the Met’s Warhol Show which ends Dec. 31 (open Holiday Mondays)….A “Flower” Photo Silkscreen by Warhol flanks a Met Museum Urn of Holiday Flower Bouquets of Hydrangeas, Magnolia Leaves and Berries ….Note Warhol’s Peachy Pink’s harmony to the Christmas Bouquets’ palette of Reds and Greens….. Catch the Met’s Christmas Bouquets and Shows, especially the last week of Warhol!

The 4 Urns and Central Urn at the Information Desk always display the Grandiose Floral Arrangements that give Color and Warmth to the Beaux-Arts Architecture of the Great Hall…When Betty Woodman’s 1-Person Show occurred, the Met displayed her Ceramic Vases int these niches, and the Flowers were for once upstaged by the Magnificent Vases….But always the Vases present a beautiful floral prelude to the treasures of the Met.

Painting Xmas: Red Berries, Red and Green Hydrangeas, Red Tulips and Evergreens and….

December 20, 2012 by Lois |2 Comments

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Xmas Flowers! A vase with a Cana Leaf wrapped inside with a gorgeous stripe pattern….. holding Hydrangeas, Holly, Berries, Tulips, Evergreens, a Cana Leaf…..Exuberant Color!

“Prints on Prince,” Prince Street Gallery Dec. 6 Art Opening: Diverse Mix of Printmakers!

December 10, 2012 by Lois |0 Comment

April Vollmer and Margaret Tsirantonakis in front of their prints…. April’s Post at Google highlights the festive evening!

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Filed Under: Art, Art Exhibitions, Garden, Printmaking Tagged With: Drypoint, Monoprints, Prince Street Gallery, Printmaking, Stencil, Tulips

We Thank the Garden on 83 Street at Madison Avenue in NYC!

November 20, 2012 by Lois |0 Comment

83 Street Garden Decor NYC Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving Turkey has landed at the townhouse on 83 Street! The owners have the most wonderful displays by their amazing landscape designers and create frequent seasonal designs in their front gated façade which really make you “Stop walking and Look!” This “Urban Mini-Garden” is one of the small hidden pleasures of NY. Mr. Turkey has a great seat!

The Turkey and Acorn Squashes have Landed, Thanksgiving on the the Streets of New York, Giving Thanks Especially after Hurricane Sandy…

November 20, 2012 by Lois |0 Comment

Thanksgiving Fall Colors Central Park NYC

The View of Central Park from Central Park West a few weeks ago before Hurricane Sandy… This would be the “Turkey’s Eye!” View from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade’s Big Balloons: The Turkey, Superman, Felix and everyone else as they parade down Central Park West next Thursday! The blanket of Color Embraces You! What a view!

The Streets of New York show the care people put into their front facades!