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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art

@mercer-vernon.com

Floral paintings of favorite garden flowers. 🌼 Red Raven Art Co. | Lancaster, PA 📍 York, PA ⬇️ Explore the garden https://mercer-vernon.com

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 2mo ago

Remembering those who bravery, courage, and sacrifice gave us the the freedoms we have today. 🇺🇸🕊️ www.instagram.com/p/DYwezxyFCu...

A photo by instagram account PABUCKETLIST of a Valley Forge Memorial.

Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 3mo ago

The only way I can manage the anxiety of all that is going on is to paint. Need a break, too? Zoom in on the details and get lost for a few minutes. Grew these in my garden. From seed to painting. 🌸 #art #painting #flowers #zinnias #garden #sciart #floralpainting #joy @bsky.art #botanicalart

Botanical style oil pans of a clear glass vase with a large bouquet of pastel colored zinnias in shades of white, pink, peach, salmon, and yellow.

One open bloom lies on the ground to the right of the vase. Two small open white zinnias extend above the bouquet on the right and a butterfly drawn in graphite approaches them.

A bee, drawn in graphite, approaches from the lower left to a white downturned zinnia.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 4mo ago

Our public lands are not for sale.

Pennsylvania Capital-Star@penncapital-star.com · 4mo ago

Congress’ move to allow mining in a national forest near a wilderness area may have broad ramifications across the country. The U.S. Senate voted to overturn a mining ban in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest, the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. From @stateline.org

Y.O.L.O.0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 4mo ago

Grateful for American Women Artists. “If Summer was a Flower” is a conversation filled with joy and love and awe. Thankful for this award. SOLD by Red Raven Art Co at my ‘Joy in the Garden’ show last spring. #sunflowers #floralpainting #art #sciart

cropped view of sunflower oil painting showing two open sunflowers and a tiger swallowtail butterfly (drawn in graphite) in the upper right.

full botanical style oil painting of three sunflower stems arranged in a pyramid shape. The leaves draping down. Several insects, drawn in graphite populate the composition. A bumblebee flies in from the left, and a tiger swallowtail butterfly from the upper right. A daddy longs legs sits atop a leaf, stalking a nearby ant.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 5mo ago

Sunday. Painting and resetting to brace for another week of batshit newsfeed of happenings. #art #painting #flowers #floralart #zinnias #sciart

Close up of work in progress white zinnia flowers on a gray toned background. Oil on aluminum composite material.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 5mo ago

Soon the gray of winter will be replaced with saturated colors. Thank goodness. For now, I’m #painting #flowers—because there is joy in each delicate petal—and we do need that, right? #floralpaintings #findingjoy #botanicalartist

Photo of artists easel with a small botanical style oil panel in progress of white and burgundy cosmos.

Overlaid text reads:

*inside voice*
Just keep painting,
Just keep painting.

(Me trying to manage my anxiety after waking up and scrolling the news feed for the 404th day)

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 6mo ago

Need a doomscrolling break? Let me introduce you to Max, an American Kestrel, I recently painted from life. He’s a terrifying falcon (no he’s not, he’s adorable). #art #kestrel #bird #painting #sciart www.instagram.com/reel/DU2KsqS...

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 6mo ago

“All we can control In this silly and wildly perfect life, is the love that we choose to give out without any regard to ever getting it back in return.” ~ Tyler Knott Gregson Four floral paintings that feel like love. #love #flowers #floralpainting #sciart #botanicalart

Cropped image of a blooming blush peony and bud with a bee approaching from the upper right

Two white cosmo flowers and one burgundy cosmo bud. A bee is approaching from the left and an ant crawls up the middle stem

An oil painting of five magnolia flowers. One is fully open. The other four are buds in various stages of blooming. A bee, center, approaches the wide open blossom.

A painting of Three arching tulip stems in various stages of blooming. One wide open pink tulip hangs low in the center, above, a half open tulip bends toward the center as a bee approaches

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 6mo ago

There’s a lot that feels heavy right now and to be honest, I’ve found it difficult to step up to the easel without feeling guilty. But these past two weeks I’ve been planning flowers for the summer and thinking about what I wanted to paint, and feeling the need to create.. 🧵 1/4 #art #sciart

photo of the artist holding a painting of 3 white daffodils and 3 snowdrops painted in a botanical style in a black floater frame.

photo of a botanical style oil painting of three white daffodils and three snowdrops. There are three daffodil buds that have not opened. Crawling up two stems are small black ants. A cabbage butterfly is resting on a closed bud in the upper left and from the right a bumble bee is approaching the tallest center flower. The insects are all draw in graphite.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 6mo ago

“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world…” — Robin Wall Kimmerer 🦋 A quiet moment in the studio from last summer. Observing, drawing, paying attention. #art #sciart #floralpainting #flowers #sunflowers #butterfly #joy

Looking across the artist’s drawing table, in the foreground is a small sketchbook with a tiger swallowtail butterfly drawn in graphite. The actual butterfly lies in a green dish center of image. Above cropped and extended out of frame is a painting of yellow sunflowers that the butterfly will be added to. To the right, cropped and extended out of a frame is a small craft container with multiple compartments holding the artist’s bug collection.

Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ❤️‍🔥@amandamakepeace.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Folks, please don’t tell artists they shouldn’t be making or selling their art right now. For many, it’s how they pay the bills. Art is vital during times like this. ALL ART. Whether it’s a protest sign or a book cover or just a beautiful drawing. It’s part of the heart of humanity.

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it. Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.

Aaron Stewart-Ahn@badideas.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 7mo ago

Things we need right now —->

David Petersen@mouseguard.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you'd like other Mouse Guard characters to build as papercraft, these are all FREE on my site: www.mouseguard.net/papercraft

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 7mo ago

Need a doomscrolling break? This was painted for a thematic group show called Taking Chances. It was a lovely change of pace to be a little freer with paint! See it in person through end of January at Red Raven Art Co. in Lancaster, PA. #art #sciart #floralart #painting #flowers #sunflowers #joy

Photo of an art panel with the artist using a ruler and charcoal pencil to draw the lines of the harmonic armature directly on to the panel. There is a text panel overlay that reads “It’s been a long time since I covered an entire panel with paint, so I decided to start like I normally would and drew out the harmonic armature.”

Photo of the art panel on the easel with orange lines of the drawing for a painting partially sketched out over the harmonic armature. The artist’s hand and paintbrush are in motion sketching directly on to the panel. The text panel overlay reads “My brain needs structure, and the armature allows me to create dynamic compositions that don’t feel as predictable as the rule of thirds.”

Close up of the painting, further along in the process. The large center of a sunflower can be seen and some of the outer panels. The artist’s hand can be seen entering the frame, upper right, holding a paintbrush and painting final details on a bee. The text panel overlay reads “Pushing paint around was fun, but the most surreal moment for me was painting a bee since I normally draw my insects in graphite.”

Image of the artist holding the completed painting that is framed in black floater frame. She is mostly cropped out of frame so the focus is on the painting. The painting is of a large sunflower with a smaller sunflower behind it to the left. The centers are a muted yellow ochre with pale off white petals. The text overlay reads “This painting is so different from my other work, but it felt good and I had a lot of fun.”

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 7mo ago

Why does a new year always feel so good? I've reorganized & cleaned the studio, updated my #Notion workspace, & I'm finalizing my 1st quarter painting plan. What all do you do to start off a new year? (looked at this #iris #painting yesterday, and I can’t wait for irises to bloom again)

Christine is standing at the easel painting a large floral oil painting of purple irises. Her palette of mixed oil colors and brushes can be seen in the foreground.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 7mo ago

As #2025 slips away, i want to express #gratitude to all of you who find joy in the work I find joy in creating. Thank you to the galleries that have willingly shown my #paintings to the world. I wish every one of you a 2026 that is full of #joy and wonder and time spent outside in #nature.

A village image of favorite floral paintings and a few highlight images of magazine features and exhibitions

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 7mo ago

Thank you all for being here, you’re all magical flowers. Wishing you all a lovely holiday, and hope you are celebrating in whatever way makes you happiest. 🎄🎁💚❤️🤍

dr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14: for @keristars.bsky.social, here's me in orange. (Self-portrait based on a selfie in my pijamas + new earrings on Xmas Eve.) 8"ish x 10"ish, December 2020

Photo of a cut-paper artwork that depicts: a person with short light brown hair and big blue eyeglasses, in an orange tank top and earrings. The person is pictured at a kind of diagonal angle, on a plain white background.

Same art piece as in previous pic, being held up in the artist's hand so you can see how small it is. (Pretty small.)

John M Davis @jdsampo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 “Tunnel of Fluff”, 2025

A trail in the woods with new fallen snow.

wetpaint drying @wetpaint99.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#art #artadventcalendar #bloomscrolling the christmas cactus has been outstanding this year with blooming from before Thanksgiving to now and more to come.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 8mo ago

Feels like forever until cosmos bloom again, but for now I am very much enjoying the snow and below freezing temperatures. I like cozy things too. Who doesn’t? Whimsy / 6x6 in. oil & graphite #art #flowers #painting #botanicalart #sciart #floralpainting #cosmos #ArtAdventCalendar

a small square botanical style oil painting with a neutral background and three cosmos flowers. from left, one fully open white one is awaiting and approaching bee, which is drawn in graphite. The middle one is the tallest and is white and just beginning to open. The far right bloom is in a tighter bud but the burgundy petals are visible and barely beginning to open. An ant is crawling up the middle stem.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 8mo ago

Painted flowers surrounded by real flowers. Pretty poetic, don't you think? My art and notebooks can now be found in Malvern, PA at Whitford at Malvern Flowers. 🌸🎉 #art #botanicalart #flowers #floralart #painting #sciart

A photo of the display of my work. Four botanical paintings of tulips, dahlias, peonies, and magnolias are hanging on the wall. And a table with a red covering is below with an assortment of my floral notebooks (and one snarky skeletal hand flipping the bird notebook)

This photo has three round wood panels with a black border featuring botanical style paintings of dahlias... Gingersnap dahlia, a red mignon seedling, and Platinum Blonde dahlia. Above is a graphic with Whitford at Malvern Flowers, their address: 142 W. King St., Malvern, PA 19355, and phone: 610-647-9311

Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios @swordfernstudios.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It’s not too late to do my #ArtAdventCalendar post! ‘Symbiosis’ Acrylic on panel Cascades frogs hunting prey with the sundew, hidden among mountain wildflowers, as pollinators buzz about. #artist #natureart #ranacascadae

My painting “Symbiosis”. In the middle is a carnivorous Sundew plant, their small glands emit a sticky sweet attractant to catch insect prey. At first glance, the sundew & frogs seem devious, but there is an element of cooperation in the web of life.

#frogart #wildlife #frogs #art #conservationart #ArtAdventCalendar

Nancy Gowler @revnancyg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Jazz night at Sawstone Brewery. #artadventcalendar #urbansketchers

Watercolor in sketchbook on a table. Glass of beer with plants and Christmas lights in background

Kerrie Ann Gardner @kerriedoodles.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Day ten (!) of #ArtAdventCalendar - December is zooming by. Here’s a painted stone from a few years ago with one of my all time favourite birds - a nightjar.

A warm-grey stone with a portrait of a nightjar painted on it. Behind the nightjar is a full moon. A sprig of foliage reaches in from the left-hand-side. Around the edge of the stone are some other names for the nightjar, such as: evechur, gobble rach and Jenny spinner.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 8mo ago

White flowers are summer's versions of snowflakes. ❄️ Joy No. 1 / 8x8 inch oil on panel. #artadventcalendar #botanicalart #floralart #art #painting #flowers #dahlias

Image of a square painting of a white dahlia flower with an open center . The petals radiate out and are shades of pink to blue with a warm white sunlit center.

Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 8mo ago

Tomorrow, Dec. 10th, is the last day my minis will be available. 2-4x4’s and 2 bookmarks left! See what’s left > www.mercer-vernon.com/shop #art #painting #flowers #floralart #sciart #botanicalart

Flat lay photo of 4 mini 4x4 paintings of a sunflower, a daffodil, and two dahlias. Plus four bookmarks of two tulips and two bird feathers.

Tuonenkalla @tuonenkalla.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#ArtAdventCalendar day 5: Another framed painting, this time a fox. The background is fully coated with thin layer of pearlescent gold to match the frames! #art #traditionalart

Photograph of a traditional painting in vintage photo frames, depicting a portrait of a fox on a golden background matching the frames.
This angle shows how the background shimmers and so does the fox's eye!

Photograph of a traditional painting in vintage photo frames, depicting a portrait of a fox on a golden background matching the frames.