Hi, I am Lexi Sundell, an artist passionate about painting flowers, poppies in particular. I live in Ennis, Montana and grow most of the flowers I paint. My paintings have been shown in museums and won awards in international competitions, but my greatest joy is seeing them go to people who enjoy living with them every day! My husband is an artist who paints fly fishing art, and I often am fishing with him. I have to help him with the research, right? ;-) http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/Lexi Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:43:54 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/poppy-paintings The poppy is one of the flowers I most love to paint and you will find a growing assortment of poppy paintings here as I continue adding them to this lens. I grow these beauties covering most of two lots, so dawn in early summer is magical at my house. I rove through the gardens with the bees, each of us collecting our own sweet harvests. Of all my acrylic floral paintings, the poppies are definitely my favorites. The drama and intensity of them are unmatched. I should mention that all my artwork shown on this lens is copyright protected. If you want prints, or originals for that matter, you can find them on my art site featuring my flower paintings. Come often to visit these dawn flower paintings and dream of summer breezes! arts Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:23:51 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/sunflower-paintings I just love painting glorious summer sunflowers in rich butterscotch yellows and golds. I grow a lot of these flowers in my gardens for the goldfinches every year so I usually have plenty of sunflowers to paint. Last year was difficult because for the first time the deer ate my sunflowers and hollyhocks! But I did manage to paint a few anyway. This image is a detail from Summer Awakening, shown below. All my artwork shown on this lens is copyright protected but if you would like prints, or originals for that matter, you can find them on my art site featuring my flower paintings. arts Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:01:51 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/fly-fishing-streamers Somewhere around 80% of the time trout are feeding, they are eating underwater, rather than taking bugs floating on the surface. While dry fly fishing is great fun, sometimes the fish are simply ignoring that manner of feeding. In order to catch a fine trout one must then switch to nymphs or streamers. Streamers have the potential of catching huge fish because the larger flies appeal to those bigger fish looking for a substantial meal. sports Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:00:02 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/fly-fishing-montana My husband Bern kept bringing me to Ennis, Montana on fishing trips and I kept catching trout. So I said I could live here. He has been a passionate fisherman since he was nine. After we married, I decided to learn the art of fly fishing, and ended up becoming competent myself. That process took awhile, coordinating all the casting movements, the knowledge of how to read the water, and learning to select appropriate flies all takes time to learn. But even when my line was piled on the water in a big tangle and I had lost the tippit and flies one more time, the beauty of the surroundings still gave me joy. As my skills improved I never lost that joy of being outdoors in these great mountains and valleys. I see for myself why the rivers in southwestern Montana attract people from all over the world. The wild populations of brown trout, rainbow trout, brookies, and cutthroat trout give a great fishing experience if you know how to fly fish effectively. Best of all, the place itself still gives a great experience even if you don't yet know how to fish skillfully. sports Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:00:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/lexisundell Come share my explorations of creativity in life! I often write about such matters on my blog Energies of Creation. You can view my artwork at Lexi Sundell Art . Some of my favorite areas of exploration are painting, particularly flowers, writing, gardening, and fly fishing. I occasionally do spontaneous creations, like an upside down staircase in my house to surprise my husband when he returned from a trip. (That did surprise him, by the way!) people Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:02:51 -0600