I bought a small bunch of peonies from a farm stand last week, brought them home and put them in water. The next morning, they had exploded into the most beautiful blooms you could imagine. I couldn't let another minute go by without painting them, so I whisked them up to my studio and put them under lights. They remained glorious for days while I labored away, trying to capture their beauty without overdoing the details.
After scraping my painting away three times, this is the iteration I was most happy with. I hope you like it too.
A fabulous painting, luscious and subtle at the same time .
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this. The scraping helped, I am sure, to give the wonderful layering effect and lost edges. It makes my heart beat faster when I see work like this.
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