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for words, Try flowers. Flowers say it all . From joy to grief
- hope to despair, there has been a flower there to commemorate the occasion.
"Times and customs change, but flowers
remain."
The language of flowers has been documented
from ages past. Times and customs change, but flowers remain.
You can probably recall the meaningful statements with the names of flowers
in them. Such as:
"Stop and smell the roses"
"Daisies never tell"
"As pale as a lily" etc.
My garden can be described as old English Cottage style. I have
tall border plants and short sweet smelling blooms. I grow stately
cultivated hybrids alongside nature's own wild flowers. And I delight
in putting them on paper as a watercolor, pastel or gouache painting.
This is my way of preserving forever the dew-kissed freshness; the
transient full bloom that lasts for
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only a day. If only I could capture the
heady fragrance of the Stargazer lily or the Chrysler Imperial rose in
a painting.
"My challenge is to convey the delicate
beauty"
My challenge is to convey the delicate beauty, the fleeting essence
of a particular flower without becoming "heavy handed". The painting
must glow from within. The flower must look as if it will bend in
the wind or bow beneath the weight of a honey bee. One of the best
ways to accomplish this is to use watercolor as my media of choice for
florals. However, more recently I have been doing some in gouache
and pastel and find that quite satisfactory. I believe each flower
will dictate the media best suited for its portrait.
Watch for these florals on my website.
If you have a favorite and it is not there, let me know. If I can
grow it, I can paint it!
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