The still life flower paintings in this online gallery of contemporary Canadian still life artist Hanne Lore Koehler includes watercolors and oil paintings of purple cone flowers, daisies, lilies, blossoms, irises, roses, poppies, peonies and more. The floral garden art and garden pump still lfe art shown below depict still life garden scenes with rustic hand water pumps, watering cans, clay pots and wildflowers. Paintings feature garden tool shed and greenhouse blooms, English country charm gardens and well-groomed Japanese garden art.
Inquire about the availability of the original paintings in this gallery of still life garden art or commission a watercolor, oil or acrylic painting of your own special garden scene. Just describe or send photos of the objects you would like included in the painting, and I would be delighted to quote a price and paint a composition of those objects to suit your decor. Buy direct from the artist's studio and save. Click on image to enlarge. Please read artist comments below each enlarged image. See also decorative trompe l'oeil painting and hand-painted garden murals.
"Most of my still life paintings depict a deeper meaning and emotion than is initially apparent. Through the use of visual metaphors, I try to create an atmosphere, a mood, a story. A rickety old overgrown hand-operated water pump in the garden stands like a monument to good times and magnificent moments or as a sentinel guarding precious blooms. Remnants of broken clay pots, rusty watering cans and galvanized buckets are testament to glory days past. Although these are essentially still life paintings, summer breezes echo through the swaying plants and in the flow of the paintings. The elusive shadows of dappled sunlight remind us of the passing of time. Enjoy while you can!"
Hanne is featured in the November 2009 issue of Country Woman Magazine
"My parents were avid gardeners and appreciated the beauty of each bloom. Their love for their garden was passed on to me. I can spend hours planting, transplanting, arranging rocks, building stone pathways, trimming shrubs, dead-heading flowers, etc. - getting lost in my happy chores. As I watch our children with their homes and lovely yards, I realize that I had the same influence on them.
To me, gardening is relaxing while excercising at the same time. The bonus is creating a beautiful environment while achieving a sense of accomplishment. Although at times it seems like "gardening" is a euphemism for "weeding" and the chore can get overwhelming when other things in life are more urgent, there is still a sense of satisfaction to getting the job done. I hope that my love of gardening is reflected in my paintings. An interesting old garden shed bursting with garden tools, wheelbarrow, old galvanized watering cans, clay pots, tulip, daffodil and gladiola bulbs sorted for planting are fascinating subjects to paint for me. Wind chimes, bird houses, decorative vines and rock walls are intriguing and when the last glimmer of sunlight of the day highlights the red tones of the terra cotta pot with a crack and broken chard, the scene has captured my heart and I am compeled to paint it.
With all the work that needs to be done in the garden, I find that I do most of my painting during the winter months. This is where the camera comes in handy. Recent technology has made the digital camera an invaluable tool for contemporary artists. We are able to take countless photos of the garden, different plants and spectacular blooms under different lighting conditions. Since the life of a flower is usually shorter than the time it takes to paint it and lighting changes from moment to moment, I find the camera is the only way to freeze that moment in time where the lighting is perfect, the bloom amazing. I find that painting a summer garden scene or flower during the winter brings twice the pleasure. I am engrossed in the detail of the bloom and forget about the blizard outside my window.
To be clear, I only use photographs as reference material for my original paintings, often producing detailed pencil drawings on the canvas before I paint. My paintings are hand-painted original paintings usually done in my studio by looking at a photograph of the subject as if I were sitting in my garden looking at the actual scene or flower. They are NOT painted over top of a mechanically reproduced photograph."
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