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Welcome to 2022! May this brand-New Year be happy, healthy, peaceful and creative!!

My new painting for the 2021 Holiday Season. This painting took many months to paint. The painting features a warm, cozy log cabin scene with Adirondack chairs, quilts, birds, deer, fox and luminaria candles. One of my very favorite paintings that was inspired through the snowy winter months of December 2021 through March 2021.

Welcome Autumn!

September Gold has been added to my Fine Art America website. Welcoming September and the month of Autumn!

The bounty of Summer is here! I love going to the farm stands to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. I always have fresh bouquets of flowers in my home. I am enjoying summer roses, sunflowers, hollyhocks, gladiolas and summer mums.

I had fun promoting several of my Christmas paintings in Christmas in July. Christmas Eve Quilts was just added to my Fine Art America website. It is available as a special promotion canvas transfer until 7-31-2021. I hope you enjoyed Christmas in July!!!

Celebrating Christmas in July with a special canvas transfer of my painting Holiday Airing. I will have several different Christmas promotions for the month of July at Fine Art America.

I love the return of the hummingbirds in the Summer. They are enjoying my Fuchsia plant. I just finished this painting this morning. I have it available on my website at Fine Art America.

July Stars painted for the celebration of the July 4 Holiday. One of a series of seasonal Adirondack chairs for seasons and holidays.

Summer Dream has been added to my Fine Art America website. Summer is approaching and to celebrate the 4th of July Holiday red, white and blue quilts are included in this Summer Mountain scene that is inspired by my time in Central Oregon.

The month of June is celebrated with my painting June Roses. June is the month of Summer returning, graduations and Weddings. The quilt on the Adirondack chair is a rose bridal bouquet pattern

Sunny sunflowers with chickadees are in front of the red Country Store that is part of a 4 season series that started with Spring Joy. The quilts are all summer patterns and colors. Farm baskets are full of fresh picked corn and peaches.

Summer is almost here! I can hardly wait to see roses in bloom. I walk nearby to my home at a rose garden every day. The roses all have buds appearing. In the rose garden are ponds and a creek with pretty gazebos. I walk every morning to begin my day with inspiration. I just added "Summer Lemonade" to my Fine Art America website.

Shoreline Treasures has just been added to my Fine Art America website. The painting features a lighthouse that is inspired from a visit to Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
I combined my love of ocean sunsets with the ocean quilt patterns of Mariner's Compass and Ocean Waves. Summer flowers of roses, pansies, hollyhocks and brown-eyed suzies complete the pretty scene.

Summer Lighthouse features red Adirondack chairs and a red, white and blue Mariners Compass Quilt. A field of daisies and butterflies surround the Lighthouse. I enjoy painting red, white and blue themes to celebrate Memorial Day and the 4th of July Holidays. I am pleased to offer note cards, prints, gift items such as puzzles, stickers, shower curtains and more at my Fine Art America website.

Floating Over Sisters was painted when I resided in Oregon. I attended and exhibited my art annually at the Sisters, Oregon Outdoor Quilt Festival. I loved the town of Sisters and the surrounding Three Sisters Mountains with all the wonderful lakes and beautiful hiking vistas. I just added Floating Over Sisters to my Fine Art America website diane-phalen.pixels.com

I painted the red, white and blue quilt patterned border to match the lighthouse theme of red, white and blue.
Perfect for Memorial Day and the 4th of July holidays. Just added to my website at Fine Art America.

I was in beautiful Sedona, Arizona for the inspiration of my Americana Quilt painting featuring the Cactus Pot pattern. The cactus were in bloom for Spring and I was amazed at the beauty of the Red Rocks and bright blue skies. This painting is available in print, note cards and much more on my Fine Art America website.

Spring Joy has been added to my Fine Art America website. I have painted this scene in all 4 Seasons. Spring Quilts on rocking chairs with cardinals, tulips and dogwood blossoms bring me Spring Joy moments.

April Showers bring May Baskets of flowers. A Garden Bench surrounded by quilt pattern baskets with Spring flowers of iris, pansies and more.

Cowboy Stars is a beautiful Spring day on a country road towards the Three Sisters Mountains in Oregon. Complete with horses, quilts on a rail and cowboy hat and boots.

Happy Easter 2021!
This Easter Gnome is something new for me. I had so much fun creating the Easter themed Gnome complete with Easter Attire and Bunny Slippers.

My painting Easter Bunny and Mask was painted last March 2020 at the beginning of Covid-19. Who knew that a year later we would still be wearing masks! This Easter Bunny gets to make an appearance once again for 2021. Hoping that we continue to improve every day with less restrictions. Stay Well and Stay Safe! Happy Easter 2021!

I wanted to have fun with painting something for St. Patrick's Day 2021. I am creating a series of Holiday Gnomes in different seasons. I love Gnomes and just had to paint them. It was fun to create my original Gnome. Look for my Easter Gnome soon!

Spring is almost here in two weeks! We still have snow on the ground and cold in the air. I know the daffodils are under all that snow!!

Winter is one of my favorite seasons! Towards the end of February I start looking forward to Spring and the arrival of bulbs bursting with crocus, daffodils and tulips.
The arrival of St. Patrick's Day and the first daffodils tell me it is not long until Springtime!
Enjoy my painting "Irish Shamrocks".

Welcome to my art on Fine Art America! Here you can find my art available for purchase in different products such as shower curtains, phone cases, totes, bath towels, yoga mats and masks.. My art website is www.dianephalen.com. Please check out all my art that is available for purchase as well as art that can be made into Fine Art America products by your request. My original art is also on my website. I spent every day painting in my studio new art and designs. Thank you for visiting my art and please like my pages and leave comments. I would love to hear from you!

Diane Phalen
Diane Phalen Watercolors

"Quilting with my paintbrush"

Welcome to my art on Fine Art America! Here you can find my art available for purchase in different products such as shower curtains, phone cases, totes, bath towels, yoga mats and masks.. My art website is www.dianephalen.com. Please check out all my art that is available for purchase as well as art that can be made into Fine Art America products by your request. My original art is also on my website. I spent every day painting in my studio new art and designs. Thank you for visiting my art and please like my pages and leave comments. I would love to hear from you!

Diane Phalen
Diane Phalen Watercolors

"Quilting with my paintbrush"