BELLA GREEN, VISUAL ARTIST

This started with a gift of beautiful pink tulips in blue tissue paper. It was my birthday and a small celebration. I was thinking of times shared and a faraway moonlit sea  Oil on canvas  93 x 71cm    

Bright flowers from the garden and memories of bright lights in the sky Colour brings me such joy!  Oil on canvas 61 x61cm        

This old terracotta teapot is a favourite of mine. It shows up in many guises in my paintings. Here it is with its warm tones balancing the cools of the delicious sushi meal.  Oil on canvas  51x51cm            

Oil on canvas 51 x 51cm

A friend sent a photo of her naughty cat on her kitchen shelf. I was intrigued by his pose and expression and started from there. Lots of my favourite objects also populate this   little story.  Oil on canvas  55x55cm   

A new friend brought the most unusual, brightly coloured cakes for tea. From a cafe called the ‘ Broken Clock’ in Glasgow. They just had to be   painted.  We had eaten them, but no matter. The view? It was of one my favourite places during lockdown, Criffel seen from near Glencaple, and I am   still working from many of the sketches I made there during that strange time. Oil on canvas  41x51cm    

A friend’s home which is right   on the beach is one of my special places I love to go. She has a beautiful   home and her collection of glass bottles always catch my eye. This, from memory, is a very loose interpretation of my experience of being there.  Oil on canvas 61x61cm   

           Making plans In a cool room…. planning the next stage of the journey.  Oil on canvas  54x54 cm  

A white amaryllis in a cool room with view of my sunlit Springtime garden. I started with that, and other favourite objects were added one by one.  Oil on canvas 109x83cm