Brande Arno Art

"Retro Daisies No. 2" 5 x 5 inches, Oil on gesso board Buy now on Etsy I'm on a Daisy roll.  I've found them to be a lot of fun to paint with the palette knife.  I'm looking to achieve a whimsical and impressionistic rendering of them.  I love the decorating style of the late 50 - 60's and if I was younger with lots of energy, I'd change my home decor to reflect it.

"Retro Daisies" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Gesso board Buy on Etsy Sometimes you just need to paint daisies. I was a teenager in the later part of the 1960s.  It was a fun time to be young.  Not like the times we live in now.  My generation was the grovin', flower child, all you need is love generation.  We had the 5th Dimension singing "Aquarius", The Association singing "Cherish".  We had short skirts and long hair and I was sent to the Principal's office for laughing loudly in the bathroom.    I painted these and two other Retro Daisy paintings because I often miss the 60's.  Yesterday, I really missed the 60's and I'm sorry, so sorry that Airplanes can be shot down from the heavens.    

Introducing "Heavy Petal No 2" 4 x 4 inches, Oil on Board Sold Learning so much about painting florals just from painting this series of garden daisies.  When you decide to have throw caution to the wind...and ease up on what you already know, so much learning can happen.

"Mouse Mugger No. 6"  Oil on Board 4 x 4 inches, $ 45.   Buy on etsy Looks like I'll be painting more than one mouse this week.  I don't know who's more surprised, Mugger no. 6 or me!

Ice Cream Bunny Vll, 6 x 6 inches,Oil on Board $ 50.00  Buy on etsy I see little brown bunnies out at about 7 PM, usually when we come back from treating ourselves to hand dipped ice cream.  They're out every night, even if I'm not...but I just love to see them.  They're so cute.  I made this painting on the cute side, but I venture that if I could get real close to them, I'd think they're even cuter!