Adele Travisano

Paintings

The Garden Series

I have been tending my garden for twenty-four years. Perhaps I have left it too much on its own in recent times; but the truth is that the garden grew up with my children and oddly enough, became independent of me at the same time that they did.

Now, it was about then that I, at first intermittently and then habitually, set up two old sawhorses to support my canvas so I could paint right there in the garden. As I work I feel as if I am not painting the plants but rather the life that is in them. Ultimately, I’m not trying to make a painting of the garden; I’m trying to get the life of the garden right into the paint. I give my garden unconditional love and in return, the garden gives me unlimited inspiration.

[Paintings marked with a black dot (•) are sold.]

Gardens I

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Retro Poppies; 2008; oil; 16" x 20"

Climbing; 2008; oil; 20" x 16"

Evening Lilies; 2007; oil; 36

Evening Lillies; 2007; oil; 36" x 48"

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Phlox Against the Fence; 2007; oil; 16" x 20"

Spring Light; 2007; oil; 16

Spring Light; 2007; oil; 16" x 20"

Forsythia; 2006; oil; 36

Forsythia; 2006; oil; 36" x 48"

Rhododendron; 2006; oil; 36

Rhododendron; 2006; oil; 36" x 48"

The Garden's Dream; 2005; oil; 24

The Garden's Dream; 2005; oil; 24" x 30"•

The Kitchen Garden; 2005; oil; 24

The Kitchen Garden; 2005; oil; 24" x 30"•

The Well House; 2005; oil; 16

The Well House; 2005; oil; 16" x 20"

Sammy in the Garden; 2006; oil; 20

Garden with Sammy; 2006; oil; 20" x 16"

The Old Garden Pot; 2005; oil; 30

The Old Garden Pot; 2005; oil; 30" x 24"

The Way In; 2005; oil; 24

The Way In; 2005; oil; 24" x 18"

Eliza's Mullein; 2005; oil; 24

Eliza's Mullein; 2005; oil; 24" x 36"•

The Early Fall Garden; 2005; oil; 36

The Early Fall Garden; 2005; oil; 36" x 48"

Around the Squash Bed; 2005; oil; 18

Around the Squash Bed; 2005; oil; 18" x 24"

Lilies Against the House; oil; 16

Lillies Against the House; oil; 16" x 20"•

Baby Grapes; 2004; oil; 10

Baby Grapes; 2004; oil; 10" x 14"

Lovely Pot; 2004; oil; 12

Lovely Pot; 2004; oil; 12" x 12"•

Bush in Yellow; 2004; oil; 8

Bush in Yellow; 2004; oi; 8" x 6"

Sundrops; 2004; oil; 9

Sundrops; 2004; oil; 9" x 12"•

The Fountain; oil; 14

The Fountain; 2004; oil; 14" x 20"•

The Front Path; oil; 18

The Front Path; 2004; oil; 18" x 24"•

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Bench & Pots; 2004; oil; 16" x 20"•

Under the Grapevine; 2004; oil; 14

Under the Grapevine 1; 2004; oil; 14" x 18"

Under the Grapevine 2; oil; 16

Under the Grapevine 2: 2004; oil; 16" x 20"•

The Red Bench; oil; 14

The Red Bench; 2004; oil; 14" x 18"•