Day one started on Monday, I spent a long time gathering images and writing the post, pushing the publish button lost it all.   A little frustrated, but had no time to sort it out.  Yesterday I found that the post wasnt even saved as a draft, so did it all again, only to have it happen to me again !!!

So this is now Day Three, not sure if orange is in my realm today, but sitting here next to a bowl of orange tulips I cant help but feel sunny and warm inside.  The sun is not shining today as it was the last two mornings, the sky is grey, but somehow this doesn’t matter, I can still feel that uplifted feeling that the memory evokes.

Orange is such an enticing colour, its pure creative energy and a colour I am drawn to in my artworks.   I have  even been using it in a more burnt marmalade shade in my next project  being installed in March/April.  sumptuous velvets, Toleware from Paris, silk sheaths on the chandelier chains……….. and much more.  It’s all very exciting

Here is a pictorial view of how orange has inspired me , first off my kitchen flowers

A bowl of Parrot Tulips in my kitchen

taken on visit to Krishnamurti Centre

Tree Fertility, pencil sketch coloured digitally

Tree Spirit family – painting

 watercolour – I called this Fragility but now I can see it’s a beautiful forest

Leaves I collected on an autumn walk

A small scultpure I call Freedom

patchwork coat for my daughter’s puppyplaying at breakfast

shoes I made of paper

The list could to on and on and on !