It was summer and I just wanted easy, delight-filled painting time.
Pink and orange is my favorite color combination. Roses get me more than any other flower. I dove into another view of the opulent bouquet of roses that became Lavish. I squished the roses even closer to each other with Photoshop. Then I got painting.
I have no idea where the name came from, exactly. Glee just sounded right. The mood I was hoping for as I painted. In the end, aren’t these roses like a chorus of harmonizing voices?
Summer 2023 – 22″x22″ – Watercolor on paper
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