Description
This painting filled a craving. Once I got the previous painting finished so clients could have a giclee of it, my insides called out to paint with yellows, pinks and oranges. It took just about two weeks from start to finish – pretty quick for me – and it was so much fun! My brush water bucket was the most gorgeous peachy orange color – it looked like it would taste good like some some fruity tropical nectar. This painting reminds me that color is a nutrient – it fills a need that I have – and I know I’m not alone! Yummy is not just for our taste buds and noses! These are Joseph’s Coat roses from my mother-in-law Evelyn’s front garden in her home in Corte Madera. In painting them, I was struck by how the same plant makes these two incredibly different blooms. Not only are the colors of the petals clearly different, but how the stamens in the two flowers are different shapes and sizes. I gain so much intimate knowledge about my painting subjects in the process of painting them. There is so much we can learn if we pay close attention to what is right here in our midst.
April 2011
