8 inches square on gallery wrapped canvas. SOLD
I've been painting flowers off and on for 30 years and I still have to quell a rising panic when I look at a flower to paint it. The complexity can overwhelm me. First, I have to block out all the stereotypes in my head of how flowers (especially roses) look. Then I have to break it down to see how it is structured. There is always some gesture to the whole thing that carries through in each petal and also how the petals are configured. And then there's the color. This color is no way close to the real roses. I used a combination of quinacradone violet, alizaron crimson, napthol red, and magenta. None would give me the colors I saw. Oh well, it was still a lot of fun.
4 comments:
I love your work - very vibrant colours!
Karen
Kaffe Fassett who is so talented and so busy paints like you. Have you seen his paintings?
Thanks you Karen!!
Clever Pup--I have seen his needlepoint and have loved his colors and patterns. I just googled his paintings and found them at http://www.kaffefassett.com/painting.htm Wow! Thanks for letting me know about his paintings; they are incredible.
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