This is My Best!
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I love to paint flowers! I think it must go back
to my younger years being the daughter of a floral designer who worked
in the only flower shop in a small town. One of my first jobs was in
that flower shop putting away the flowers when they were delivered. Today,
I enjoy growing my own "live models" to work from.
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"White Elegance" (22" x 30")
was painted after photo shoot and visit to the San Antonio Botanical
Garden's in San Antonio, Texas. I was fascinated by the
backlighting on these white Cattleya orchids. There was such a
dramatic contrast between the darker background and the luminous
ruffled edges on the orchids. I found painting the lacy translucent
petals in creamy shades of white to be intriguing.
Most of my paintings are started with a wet-in-wet underpainting in which I allow the colors to "mingle." Then from this limited controlled beginning, I glazed additional layers of these transparent, almost pearl-like, colors of white. The drama and volume was turned up when I painted the rich jewel tones of green, navy, and magenta in the background.
This painting was one of those that just worked.
From beginning to end it only took about 6 hours to paint. It
is now in a private collection.
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