Yesterday and today we're back in the New York Botanical Garden, where I'm the Artist in Residence.
The theme for the exhibition this summer is American Impressionism, so I thought I'd choose a favorite subject of garden painters, the rose. They're in peak abundance at the moment. I set up next to a variety called "Carefree Beauty."
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| Shrub Roses (plus spent alliums), casein 8x10 inches |
I wanted to be close enough to see the structure of individual flowers and leaves, but far enough back to allow them to group into masses. I chose casein because it allows for brisk and direct handling with plenty of opacity and quick drying time.
Gorgeous painting! It looks like you're working on a panel of some sort this time?
ReplyDeleteI like seeing the way you're blocking in the flower shapes in the first photo. A plant can be a bit intimidating because of all the individual shapes.
Another favourite, you really seem inspired from this event.
ReplyDeleteThis and especially the previous garden painting are wonderful studies in control of "greens". What was your palette of colours for this one?
Hope to see more paintings from the Botanical Garden.
Gorgeous. Captured the name of the rose perfectly!
ReplyDeleteDid you use any colored pencils with this one?
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Beautiful! Flowers are a very good and forgiving subject.
ReplyDeleteVery nice! It reminds me a bit of Walter Everett's style - the we he clumped forms together and used his colors.
ReplyDeleteOi. I wish I'd had more notice about this auction. I could have saved up. Going to start a separate bank account for the next time one comes up for auction.
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