Beauty Sleep

Lynne Forrester

Shadows and heavy blooms combine and dupe the eye as they’re tempted falling sun encourages misleading shapes and assurances. Colours shine but become a little muted as flower heads close and nod, beauty sleep beckoning.

Big Personalities

Lynne Forrester

Leaves gather and act as intermediaries to intercept buffeting blooms as they extend their petals to absorb the sunlight. They generally get along, but sometimes the head heights of the season mean there’s just not enough room so so many big personalities!

Greeting The Day

Lynne Forrester

Purple and violet buds unfurl as they’re cajoled and tempted by their already-opened neighbours. They open and stretch to greet the day. It’s going to be a good one, they decide.

Communal Sway of the Day

Lynne Forrester

Assertive winds cast the blooms over in over direction as if they’re equipped with combs. Resplendent and determined, these blooms hold on to their petals tightly regardless of the communal sway of the day.

Gloriously Glorious

Lynne Forrester

Lushly ornamental in their bold stances, these blooms are definitely not afraid to show their own beauty. Boas and handbags slung around with delightful aplomb, they’re at once gracious and gloriously glorious.

Dancing Friends

Lynne Forrester

Blue swirls sashay and parade across their neighbouring flowery friends. Are they skipping or dancing? I like to think it’s a little of both.

Warm Toes

Lynne Forrester

Sun-kissed petal tips bask in the summery warmth shining down between clouds. Soft breezes lift ruffle the leaves to ensure that the heat reaches their toes.

Sweeping Blossoms

Lynne Forrester

Sweeping blossoms hide all the secret treasures of this private idyll as those stone steps invite you to satisfy your curiosity. Dare you peek into what lies beyond the darkness amongst those protective boughs?

Happy

Lynne Forrester

Dappled rays of light reach through the leaves and petals, contrasts highlighted as one happy flower gets to shine her brightest.

Freedom

Lynne Forrester

Twirling and prancing, moving to a beat all of their own. Simply enjoying the utter freedom of the natural elements in which they’ve found themselves.

Peeking

Lynne Forrester

Shying peeking out from their safe haven of purple protectiveness, aware of their brightness but not of their true beauty. Dare they fully announce themselves to the day? Only time will tell.

Magnificence

Lynne Forrester

Deep pinks and purples swish and sway with soft breezes ruffling petals, showing off layers to their most magnificent richness.

Mischievously Gossiping

Lynne Forrester

Seemingly simple hues stretch upwards as they unfurl from their curled drowsiness as greet the day. They’re looking forward to their daily gossip. What mischief will they have caused to since last time?

Discerning Light

Lynne Forrester

Winter light trickles through dense foliage, discerning where it will lay brief warmth. Colours are scantier at this time of year, but all the more dazzling in their blooms.

Abundant Pinks

Lynne Forrester

Abundant pinks roam ecstatically in the knowledge that they're looking their absolute best. If they were film stars in the twenties they'd be glamorously posing on ornate staircases, sipping champagne and holding the fanciest cigarette holders.

Wildly Blooming

Lynne Forrester

Gloriously rambling and reaching, all stems overlapping, just happily making sure everyone has a space and a voice, regardless of size or longevity. How lovely to be able to live in a world of such harmonious co-existence.

Waltzing

Lynne Forrester

Frothy lacy layers swing and swish in rhythm to the gentle breeze as if in an elegant waltz.

Delicately Bold

Lynne Forrester

These blooms look to be seemingly bold as their upwardly mobile heads seek the best light to find their fortune. Is this a façade? Are they simply searching for a way to protect those delicate folds?

Dazzling Chatter

Lynne Forrester

Delightfully bobbing heads preen and chatter, toasting their colourful exuberance with matching multi-coloured bubbles. They know how they dazzle, and whenever they see someone else notice, their bright smiles become brightness personified.

Dazzling Pinks

Lynne Forrester

Pale pink petals froth and flutter as these blooms shake themselves to reveal their true beauty. Deceased appendages discarded, they can truly dazzle their beholder with freshly coiffured-locks.

Fizzing Confetti

Lynne Forrester

Frothing petals fizz over their fellow blooms like confetti, as a less than gentle breeze lifts them from their roots and scatters them with wild abandon.

Sunshine Dancing

Lynne Forrester

Lushly expanding, every nook and cranny filled. It's not just the flowers that shine with verve in the sunshine, their leafy counterparts dance in the light too.

Sparkling Merriment

Lynne Forrester

Pink-tinged blooms sparkle their merriment. Fizzing with sunshine-filled joy, these abundant blooms know they're looking their most marvellous today.

Effervescence

Lynne Forrester

Gorgeous pink hues sprinkle and scatter as the sun reaches the day's highest point. Hearts open to the elements, bees swooping for nectar, it's one of those sparkly days of effervescence.

Fluffy Pink Fronds

Lynne Forrester

Fluffy pink fronds sway this way and that, tickling and teasing wherever they land - like a feather boa being swept over a bare shoulder. Always impressive, forever impractical but completely marvellous in their frivolity.

Vibrant Swathes

Lynne Forrester

Vibrant swathes envelope and caress as they softly adorn surrounding foliage, brightening even the dullest of days.

Floral Bridges

Lynne Forrester

Sleepy petals stretch and unfurl in the morning sun. Floral bridges are made as they reach and extend. Hellos and good mornings ruffle along these unnoticed fairy byways, making even the grumpiest early-waker turn on their smile.

Dense Plumage

Lynne Forrester

Cuddling up and blooming simultaneously, just like they did when they were budding. Not so much space now for their dense plumage, but they make room just the same. Seeking the comfort of the other is where these gorgeous flowers feel happiest.

Smiles

Lynne Forrester

Creamy yellow smiles greet the day, bobbing in the breeze and celebrating springtime.

Cheery Petals

Lynne Forrester

Seeking and searching, turning this way and that. Each tilting those cheery petals to the sunlight, opening and brightening in the warm glow.

Jollity

Lynne Forrester

Flowing wisps swirl along their merry ways, buffeting and jostling as the sunlight goes to their heads to make them collide and collapse in jollity.

Dancing Charms

Lynne Forrester

Darkly weaving their magic amongst foliage that light flickers at will, hiding those flowery jewels in their midst. To catch sight of them and hold that vision true, is to be in the presence of the elusive dancing charms.

New Spaces

Lynne Forrester

Detangled fronds separate in an effort to open with a winning smile. They keep almost invisibly-linked strands deep among the foliage to boost their confidence for the new spaces.

Merry Dance

Lynne Forrester

Frilly edges flutter eyelashes and dance their merry way on the leafy dance floor. All inhibitions and tension are cast aside as they sway to natures rhythms rippling through their essence.

Lustrous

Lynne Forrester

Reaching, stretching, taking up as much space as those lustrous petals will allow. Leafy neighbours lurk patiently, knowing they'll have their chance soon.

Hidden Depths

Lynne Forrester

Hidden depths show within those layers as leaves make way for a luscious bloom to open and bask.

Gentle Momentum

Lynne Forrester

Moving with stealth, stems and petals all surging forward with gentle momentum. It looks like slow progress to the naked eye, but as anyone observing a duck or swan knows, there's a lot of nature's paddling under the cover of those beautiful blooms.

Fun Times

Lynne Forrester

Chuckling together as they all aim for a shimmer in the sunlight. Their petals tangle and they gently disengage, shaking as they giddily giggle. Fun times.

Spotlight

Lynne Forrester

All shades of blue wisp and waft, turning this way and that, as the leaves let them have their turn in the spotlight.

Vibrant Flourish

Lynne Forrester

Lush leaves and petals wield their colours with a vibrant flourish. Each one supporting each other whilst going their own way.

Petalled Enclaves

Lynne Forrester

Softly coloured flower-hearts peek from their petalled enclaves. Look carefully. There's more to these than first meets the eye.

Spring Blooms

Lynne Forrester

Do you like butter? I think you do. Can you forecast that with flowers other than buttercups? I'd say that these spring blooms hold strong for prediction.

Happily Bouncing

Lynne Forrester

And as if by magic, all the colours ring true, happily bouncing along together.

Beaming Smiles

Lynne Forrester

Sleepy petals wake and beam their smiles, allowing the sun to work it's magic, bestowing brilliance to all around.

Sunday Best

Lynne Forrester

Leaves and petals flourish alike, and show off in their Sunday best. Each are unaware they accentuate the other, just concentrating on the rays gently caressing any exposed surface.

Unseen Elements

Lynne Forrester

Gentle breezes lift leaves and petals. Different shades and surfaces catching the eye as light rests on unseen elements.

Sweet Faces

Lynne Forrester

Reaching, arching and lifting sweet faces as the spring light glows. All colours bolder and brighter with new season energy.

Buds of Promise

Lynne Forrester

Buds of promise stretch and unfurl. No-one can foresee their true potential until they decide to bask their petals under those sunny rays.

Feb '23: 30 Day Creative Gathering, Day 2: Yolk Yellows

Lynne Forrester

Every bud, petal and leaf is posing in their best sun-attracting angle, colours brilliant in the light. Captivating as the white petals maybe, it's the yolk-yellow masses that steal the sunbeds around this pool.

Feb '23: 30 Day Creative Gathering, Day 1: True Beauty

Lynne Forrester

Upturned faces smile winningly as they greet the sunshine they've been waiting for. Now they'll show their true beauty.

Lynne Forrester Art Exhibition

Lynne Forrester

I'll be showing a whole host of paintings and drawings in the beautiful Gallery An Talla Dearg in Sleat, Isle of Skye. This includes my latest Shop Fronts mixed collection, and there'll be cards and prints available too. You'll find me at the gallery every day and I'll be delighted to see you there.

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 'Hidden Hues'

Lynne Forrester

Frothy feathers are puffed and preened as huge wings stretch themselves and resettle in the drying breeze. The flouncy layers ruffle to reveal hidden hues as tucked-in strands fill out and lose their shyness. Hidden Hues (Oil on canvas, 16"x16") Shop via: http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p379/Hidden_Hues.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - Catalan TV Interview Clip

Lynne Forrester

A few weeks ago I was emailed by a lady from Catalan TV who wanted to interview and film me as part of a piece she was covering about artists on Skye (in English with Catalan subtitles) - and here it is! Click on the link below to watch :) ... and the picture below is the completed one that I was filmed creating on the day. http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/blog-europa/artistes-dins-el-paisatge/video/5755726/

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Thirteen - 'Handkerchiefs'

Lynne Forrester

Great gatherings crowd and cluster, their bulk jostling for room as the sky seems to look too small for the huge girth of it's contents - like hooped skirts of Jane Austen's novels when the main flutter of movement between the ballroom bustles featured a daintily dropped handkerchief. 'Handkerchiefs' - Oil on Canvas Board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p319/Handkerchiefs.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Twelve - Blousy Rhododendrons

Lynne Forrester

Colourful puffs flounce across the bay like the petals of blousy rhododendrons heads at their lightest, most colourful best. Like so many of nature's inventions, their true beauty only realised when examined in-depth against the contrasts of their neighbours. 'Blousy Rhododendrons' - Oil on Canvas Board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p318/Blousy_Rhododendrons.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Eleven - 'Momentary Hope'

Lynne Forrester

Unforgiving conditions have resided for hours and the world seems sore from constant buffeting. The setting sun bursts through the grey heaviness in a final attempt to warm the day. It's momentary but enough to show hope - and enhance the beauty of the greyness that is so easy to overlook. 'Momentary Hope' by Lynne Forrester - Oil on Canvas Board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p317/Momentary_Hope.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Ten - 'Elegant Blooms'

Lynne Forrester

Stillness pervades the bay and everything starts to recover after days of raging gales. Tidying themselves up, mopping their chins and ironing clothes, the air takes on a sense of peaceful purpose. Quickly recuperating, the air takes on a more nurturing quality and colours start to bloom amongst the clouds - gradually delicate and flowery in their elegant blooms. 'Elegant Blooms' - Oil on Canvas Board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p316/Elegant_Blooms.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Nine - 'You're Beautiful When You're Angry'

Lynne Forrester

Purple depths seethe hotly against the coolness of stark winter blues. A brooding furnace of passion rises as the white curls float warily on the surface, like startled dandelion heads caught in webs. Bright skies gradually allow the emboldened indigos to take their space, bowing to the increasing magnificence whilst in awe of the textured beauty and muttering 'you're beautiful when you're angry'. 'You're Beautiful When You're Angry' - Oil on Canvas Board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p315/You%27re_Beautiful_When_You%27re_Angry.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Eight - Tumbling Curls

Lynne Forrester

Tumbling curls cascade over the bay, whipped into a frenzy of frizz by the northerly gales. Their white tips mirror the surf of huge waves below as they roll towards shore. 'Tumbling Curls' - oil on canvas board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p314/Tumbling_Curls.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Seven - 'Kaleidoscope'

Lynne Forrester

Falling and tumbling, over and over - swirling horizontally in the fierce wind. Heavy sepias and greys mesh with stark blues to create magical hues as the whole sky becomes a kaleidoscope of ever-eclipsing patterns. 'Kaleidoscope' - oil on canvas board, 20x20cm, £64 http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p303/Kaleidoscope.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Six - Soft Definition

Lynne Forrester

Gentle breezy undulations gather a thick duvet of slightly moving mass above the bay. Clouds add to the cluster and the duvet forms itself a textured cover - dense layers colliding as they're seamlessly added to the mix. Waves stagger and alter their rhythm below with the changing tide. The wind checks its momentum too and it's enough for the duvet to rearrange her layers. She gets organised and the dark shades are now highlighted by the contrasting others and each becomes softly defined - true collaboration working in nature. 'Soft Definition' - oil on canvas board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p295/Soft_Definition.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Five - 'Active Randomness'

Lynne Forrester

Surly dark masses with their accompanying broody ponderings are caught in full force of a storm. Natural release is controlled by a larger force and it makes for fierce, routine-free downpours in both frequency and location. The masses may be reluctant to move and play along but are chivvied into active randomness. To be taken out of contextual habit is said to be good for the soul, yet they wonder at this wisdom as they uproot and lurch to their next formation in a reorganisation that seems never-ending. 'Active Randomness', Oil on canvas board, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p294/Active_Randomness.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Four 'Dance of Turbulence'

Lynne Forrester

Swirling and swooshing, the can-can flurry of weather-sullied lace canters over the bay. They spiral forth as the rising storm gathers force. Not yet in full pelt, the heavy-laced clouds are trying to find their place - forming endless petticoat layers as they prepare for an all-night dance of turbulence. 'Dance of Turbulence' - Cloudscape Oil Painting, 20x20cm http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p293/Dance_of_Turbulence.html

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day Three - 'Delight'

Lynne Forrester

Pure iced water falls from bruised skies. Bruised from being beaten by gales of constant snow and ice that both weigh and drop heavily into the sea. What's left is raw and tender - realising delight in the natural ease with which light breaks through the purple-greys. ('Delight' - cloudscape oil painting on canvas board, 20x20cm - Shop at: http://www.lynneforrester.com/store/p292/Delight.html)

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - 30 Paintings in 30 Days, Day One 'Feathery Floss'

Lynne Forrester

The sky is deceptively still. Endless miles of wintry blue starkness stretches as far as the eye can conceivably see. Slight wispy white strands gently suspend, their fragility enhanced by the cold backdrop. They slowly and stealthily gravitate together. So slow one wonders if and how they moved at all, but gravitate they do. With equal stealth, these large puffs of feathery floss then journey towards the mountains, showing off their dense beauty against the theatrical azure. 'Feathery Floss' (Cloudscape in oils, 20x20cm, available)

Art by Lynne Forrester: Blog - Smoky Dusk

Lynne Forrester

From the blog: Busy breezes whip up the clouds as it fervently spring-cleans the mountain tops. Rare as it is to see those precipitatious mounds rising rather than hurtling horizontally, rise they did in their colourful mid-afternoon hues. Those initial tentative pinks of an early sunset grow in beauty and frequency as the smoky dusk settles. 'Smoky Dusk' (cloudscape in soft pastels, 24x18cm)

May Sunsets

Lynne Forrester

New pastel pictures from the Isle of Skye - see http://www.lynneforrester.com/blog for content

Summer has arrived on the Isle of Skye

Lynne Forrester

New landscapes uploaded to my portfolios and today's blog post is via: http://www.lynneforrester.com/blog FREE illustrated recipe e-booklet via my homepage - http://www.lynneforrester.com :)

Today's New Drawings from Skye

Lynne Forrester

For content see: http://www.lynneforrester.com/blog

Spring Bank Holiday Pictures

Lynne Forrester

New pictures from the Isle of Skye. Content via: http://www.lynneforrester.com/blog)

Lynne's Art Shed is OPEN for the Easter Weekend

Lynne Forrester

OPEN TODAY: Lynne's Art Shed (Waternish, Isle of Skye) for the Easter weekend. Delighted to be part of the Skye & Lochalsh Arts & Crafts Association. I'll be opening for the summer season from 30 April too. Opening hours/days will be 11-4, Tues-Sat. Website: http://www.lynneforrester.com

Lynne's Art Shed is taking shape...

Lynne Forrester

See latest blog post: http://www.lynneforrester.com/blog