Description
This photo was taken in the garden at friends Dean and Nancy’s home in Fairfax. It’s the first thing I’d painted in many years, and the first of blurry photo backgrounds I’d attempted to paint. It’s where I started to get real depth in my paintings. I saw how much more interesting it is to paint a flower in context. The fence behind this rose places it in space. The painting has a three dimensional quality to it. I learned not to use black watercolor because of this painting. I used black pigment in the bottom right corner and it looks sooty and flat. Now with the wonder of my newly learned Photoshop skills, I’ve warmed it up for the giclee prints!
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