Wisteria at the Arboretum

I try to catch the wisteria when it is in bloom at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. It grows long the porch on the manor house. It doesn't bloom for long so I was happy to see it there again.

Wisteria

 Every year I wait for the wisteria to bloom at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. They used to have a lot of it at the back of the manor house, but it seems that every year they cut it back more and more. Apparently the vines were ruining the porch. This year there is one vine going up by the cafe door and this small amount along the other side of the porch. It still looks so pretty.

Wisteria

At the back of the parking lot at Sayville Beach is a house that has cascades of wisteria growing tangled in its bushes. I love how it looks but it is difficult to sketch/paint it since the area is so dense with foliage. I gave it a try anyway before I went down by the beach to read.

Wisteria Branches

You can see my quest for the last of the wisteria continued one more time. LOL I noticed some wisteria hanging in the back of the parking lot at the beach by the Great South Bay in Sayville and sat there to paint it...just knowing that would be my last plein air of it for this year.

This is small...about 4 x 4.

Wisteria II

I am being drawn to paint wisteria this spring. I had a group show this weekend at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, so before the reception on Sunday I went back to the manor house and did another painting of part of the porch and the wisteria. This is 5 x 7.

Here is the link to the other painting I did of the wisteria on the other side of the porch. The purples in this one are a bit stronger. Which way do you like better? I may try doing a larger one at home since the wisteria is on the way out.

http://watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.com/2015/05/wisteria.html

EDM - May 27 - something fuzzy

Wisteria

I'm not quite sure what happened yesterday that I didn't post. I know I was busy painting but that is no excuse...I was home most of the day.

A friend reminded me that the wisteria is in bloom so I ran off to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum because I know the wisteria hangs from the porch of the manor house there. 

This is 5 x 7.

EDM - May 16 - ingredients to a favorite recipe

Wisteria & Show Photo

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Last week I headed to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Oakdale because I knew the wisteria had to be in bloom. Instead of painting a large section of the porch on the manor house, I focused a bit on the wisteria itself.

This past weekend I took part in the Art Mart sponsored by the Smithtown Historical Society. It was held in the historic Brush Barn in Smithtown. It was a fun show, even if sales were slow. This is the first time they held the show, so hopefully it will get more popular in the future. Here is a photo of me in front of my spot.