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    Food, Fun & Flowers

    Enjoy my oil paintings that feature food, fun (hobbies, holidays, joyful things) and flowers. Many more paintings appear in other categories, so when you’re finished here, you can explore the rest! See the art come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse video). Click and go! And many more: See…

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    Spring of Hope

    Today was much better! It was a beautifully gorgeous sunny and warm spring day. I was right, my next blog post isn’t a dreary “Losing Hope” theme like yesterday’s. I worked at packing for the unwanted move, while opening my mind more to the idea that this will end up…

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    The Unexpected

    Here’s what I originally wrote about this art: “When we moved here, I didn’t know that the shrubs near the front porch were the flowering kind, until one day they burst out in beautiful pink and white blossoms. The flowers graced the ground when they fell, leaving a carpet of…

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    Can we Trust Ourselves?

    Can we trust ourselves to always feel or act in a predictable way? Do we ever take ourselves by surprise by doing something that seems out of character? The above painting, “Consider the Lilies” isn’t in my typical style. Sometimes when I sit down to paint, my art doesn’t flow…

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    Time and Roses

    I shared the story behind this painting in an April blog post called “Beauty of Time”. It was a long post and I shared a photo of my real life roses with you. I’m reminded of that today because here it is November and two of my plants have roses…

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    Red Flower is REAL

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dancer-in-a-floral-forest-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 See oil painting “Dancer in a Floral Forest” come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse) I painted this as an imaginary landscape, but it turns out that those red flowers are real, and I may soon have one in my possession! The flower looks remarkably like it to…

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    Another New Week

    Watch this vase of flowers oil painting come to life in 1 minute (time lapse). Did you have a restful Sunday? I hope that today you took time to reflect on the week ahead, and you’ve made productive, creative, and hopeful plans. Even if your plan is something simple, like…

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    “Daisies”

    This art is included in the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“ Enjoy Natalie’s art on fun, creative, and classy gifts for you and your family! Tip Natalie to fund art supplies to reach her lifetime goal of 1,000 finished oil paintings, a series of live events, and surprising…

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    “Flower Angel”

    This art is part of the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“ Enjoy Natalie’s art on fun, creative, and classy gifts for you and your family! Tip Natalie to fund art supplies to reach her lifetime goal of 1,000 finished oil paintings, a series of live events, and surprising…

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    “Butterfly and Yellow Flowers”

    “Butterfly and Yellow Flowers” is included in the collection “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Nature“. Enjoy Natalie’s art on fun, creative, and classy gifts for you and your family! Tip Natalie to fund art supplies to reach her lifetime goal of 1,000 finished oil paintings, a series of live events,…