2026
Dina Gardner has always been fascinated by how artists, whether they are painters, musicians, writers or anyone with artistic gifts, work through their creative process. She is fascinated that the process of 'creating' is different for every artist, regardless of their medium.
Her process for painting with pastels starts with music and her musical taste is wide and varied. Once the music is on in her studio, there is a lot of singing and dancing (neither done particularly well) that happens while she paints. She usually works from a photograph which she sketches on a sanded piece of pastel paper. She takes a lot of creative license, often adding or deleting objects in the photograph. Dina’s first layer, commonly referred to as the underpainting, is applied in dry pastel and then washed down with a paintbrush dipped in alcohol. Once this layer dries, she lays down layer upon layer of pastel, often letting the original underpainting peek through. Once in a while there are happy accidents. Sometimes there are tragic outcomes. But all the time she is grateful that she found this creative outlet at this stage of her life.
Dina’s paintings reflect objects she is drawn to: oceans and water, skies and clouds, trees, rock formations, marshes and meadows. When she paints from a photo reference or even when painting plein air, she is not painting what the subject looks like but rather what her response is to the subject.
Dina splits her time between Boston, MA, where she has lived for more than 40 years and her home in Manhattan Beach, CA, close to where she was raised. Both places provide her with inspiration and untold amounts of visual stimulation. Dina’s goal is to capture the beauty she observes around her and to express that beauty through her paintings.
Island Girls - Impressionist Flower Pastel Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Island Girls 9.0 x 12.0 x 0.1, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "I love the pop of a pink underpainting as it reveals itself under all...
Pastel
Two to Tango - Pastel Floral Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Two to Tango 11.0 × 14.0 × 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "Another painting where the title came to me when I put my last stroke on the page. ...
Pastel
Fleur - Pastel Bouquet Still Life Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Fleur 18.0 x 24.0 x 1.0, 4.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "I created a small study for this and I fell in love with it and knew I had t...
Pastel
Poetry In A Vase - Pastel Bouquet Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Poetry In A Vase 8.0 × 10.0 × 1.0, 2.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "My son-in-law recently sent us the most beautiful bouquet of fl...
Pastel
Garden Party - Pastel Flower Still Life Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Garden Party 8.0 x 10.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs Pastel on archival paper Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "This has been my year of exploration and one of the many subjects I've...
Pastel
In the Summer Garden, Original Watercolor
By Lynne Friedman
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Every summer the sunflowers are dazzling and and cared. I choose the ones that speak to me for watercolors. About the artist: Lynne's work was recently chosen b...
Watercolor, Paper
Garden's Gift, Painting, Pastels on Paper
By Filomena Booth
Located in Yardley, PA
Garden's Gift 9" x 12" pastel painting on sanded pastel paper A vibrant pastel bouquet bursting with soft yellows, pinks, and reds — a little moment of joy gathered in a glass...
Pastel
Floral Study 13, Oil Painting
By Valerie Berkely
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Valerie Berkely presents a floral still life in expressive and fluid paintwork. She executes the piece with wet-on-wet f...
Oil
Oil Painting on Paper, Impressionist Floral Art, "Summer Joy", 2010+
By Natalya Mougenot
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary floral artwork of a bouquet of flowers in a vase makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. Thispainting called "Summer Joy" is done in a...
Oil, Paper
Vintage Flowers (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Rose)
By Genevieve Hamel
Located in Kansas City, MO
Genevieve Hamel Vintage Flowers Oil on Wood Panel Year: 2024 Size: 12 x 12 x 1.625 inches Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-2099 These vintage colors transport you back in ti...
Oil, Wood Panel
Floral Bouquet (Lively Still Life Oil Painting of Flowers on Canvas)
By Dale Payson
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil painting on canvas, unframed 32 x 27 inches This still life oil painting of a bouquet of vibrant lilies, roses and irises was painted by Hudson Valley-based artist Dale Payson. The range of canary and pastel yellows, emerald green, beige and burnt umber hues that span the canvas are complimented by Payson's skillfully executed impasto technique. Payson captures the essence of her subject matter and abstracts it in the same stroke, rendering each painting somewhere between representation and interpretation. About the artist: Payson studied extensively at the School of Visual Arts in New York and eventually taught at this prestigious institution. Before painting became her sole ambition, she was a freelance book illustrator and has more than 25 books to her credit. Dale Payson also studied under Robert...
Canvas, Oil
Autumn flowers. 1974, paper, pastel, 25x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Autumn flowers. 1974, paper, pastel, 25x37 cm "Autumn Flowers" is a pastel artwork by Eduards Metuzals that celebrates the beauty of autumn through a vibrant depiction of flowers. T...
Paper, Pastel
