Flowers & Things Gallery

'Flowers & Things Gallery' is an ongoing collection of paintings featuring flowers, still life, and some of my favorite things.

The Snails Hideout  SOLD

5"x7" (Pastel)

The Snails Hideout was a gifted bouquet of flowers that came with a small snail, tucked inside the petals of the flower wondering what happened to its garden. 

Rusty Skull Garden SOLD

 8" x 10" (Pastel)

Rusty Skull Garden is filled with found objects like skulls and rusty beach treasures I find on my beach walks.

Bowl of Cherry Tomatoes & Geranium Roots

Gouache & W/C Pencil on Black Strathmore Multimedia Paper 9" x 11"

Geraniums have been growing inside my house since the 1990s and rooting the broken branches for transplanting is part of the fun to watch the roots grow in my window. A clay bowl sits in my window and is used to hold the latest veggie, cherry tomatoes from the fall garden.

Geranium in a Glass

Black Sumi Ink & Gouache on Multimedia Paper 11" x 14"

Purple Pansy & White Moth  SOLD

9" x 11"  (Pastel)

Purple Pansy & White Moth features intricate beauty and perfection designed to feed the right kind of bug. 

Pink Petal Blast  SOLD

9" x 11"  (Pastel)

Triple Tease Tulips  SOLD

5.5" X 18" (Pastel)

Triple Tease Tulips... The 17th century Dutch had an influential growing middle class that would show their wealth by the types of flowers they had painted reflecting the times of Tulip Mania

Lotus Divine  SOLD

9" x 11"  (Pastel)

Purple Daisies & Dragonflies  SOLD

9" x 11"  (Pastel)

A Rose is a Rose  SOLD

9" x 11"  (Pastel)

Fuchsia Illumination  SOLD

12" x 12" x 3" (Oil)

Growing Roots in Seaforth  SOLD

 14" x 16" (Pencil)

Magnolia Magnificent  SOLD

9" x 11"  (Pastel)

Poppy Pleasure

Pastel on Black Sandpaper, 9" x 11" SOLD

Midnight Geranium  SOLD

27" x 21"  (Pastel, ink, pastel mediums & tissue)

Moonlight Garden Dance  SOLD

12" x 9"  (Scratchboard)

Pink Poppy Abstract  SOLD

5" x 7"  (Watercolor)

Pink Poppy Upclose  SOLD

5" x 7"  (Watercolor)

Purple Magnolia Blossom  SOLD

7" x 5"  (Watercolor)

Renter's Roses  SOLD

17" x 20"  (watercolor, pastel, gold, stitching)

To read more about 'Renter's Roses'...link here.

Diptych Sunflowers  TOP & BOTTOM  SOLD

12" x 12" x 3" (Oil)

To read more about the various steps in creating the Sunflower Diptych link here.

The Romance of Flowers  SOLD

16" x 12"  ( Pastel, stitching, felt, assemblage, foils &papers)

To read more about 'The Romance with Flowers' and how it is made and constructed to fit into a box. 

Lucky Lady Bug Shoes  SOLD

16" x 20"  (Oil)

Fashion Favorites Nineteen Nighties  SOLD

16" x 20"  (Watercolor & Stitching)

can read more about the process of painting and hand sewing.

Toilet Inspirations  SOLD

14" x 16"  (Charcoal & Pastel)

Read more about Toilet Inspirations here...

Love is Sharing Cake  SOLD

9: x 12" (Watercolor, pastel, stitching & collage)

Tipping Point SOLD 

11" x 14"  (Oil)

Read more about the process of creating this painting here...

Three Oranges & Kettle  SOLD

9" x 11" (Pastel)

Conch Shell SOLD

6" x 6" (Oil)

Escargot Shell  SOLD

6"x 6"  (Oil)

Mollusk Shell SOLD

6" x 6" (Oil)

There is a Unicorn in my Rock Garden
Derwent XL Graphite Blocks on Artagain Drawing Paper
Read more about the new mediums and art inspiration.

Garden Dance with Butterflies

Holbein Acrylic Gouache,  Collage, Watercolor & Pens 

on Fabriano Hot Press W/C (12" x 9")

Read about the materials & processes to make this painting.

Pink Waterlily

Holbein Acrylic Gouache on Fabriano Hot Press w/c (5"x7")

Read about the materials & processes to make this painting.

Truth or Dare: Goat Skull & Tulip

soft pastel on Clairefontaine PastelMate paper (10" x 10")

Read more about the materials and process of making this art.

The Empress Moon Meditates Upon The Rose Of Gratitude

48" x 36" x 2" Oil & Foil on canvas

(read more about the process of completing this painting)

Bumblebee & Chives

Watercolor Paper 12" x 18"

watercolor, w/c pencils, gouache, white & gold pen

Read more about this art and others inspired by my garden.

Beautiful Chaos

Gouache on 5" x 7" w/c paper

Chicks & Hens Flowers, Shell, and Rust in Garden

Gouache on 5" x 7" W/C Paper

Thank you for viewing my art & may you find beauty all around you, Minaz