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Sharing the lessons I teach at the Artist Guild and the personal discoveries in my art.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Symbol of Love



Symbol of Love

6x8in oil on canvas panel  SOLD

With Valentines Day coming up I am wondering how the
rose - particularly the RED rose became the symbol
of or for, LOVE?
Personally, I love all the colors a rose can come in...
except for the red rose. Weird, as by now most of you know
I love the color red. The red rose they sell in the stores
can be such a depressing dark red. My dear sweet hubby
knows I feel this way so he never brings me red roses.
He gave me my Valentine roses early this year. A beautiful
creamy white with pink tipped petals and interior. Gorgeous!

I want to pass on this hint for those of you who are
frustrated by how hard it is to read the numbers in the box
for comment security. Please prove you are not a robot!
You can enter ANY TWO NUMBERS and it will work
It is the letters you have to be accurate with.
Try it - it does make it easier.




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57 comments:

  1. This is such a pretty painting...love that soft pink hue. I once had a winter coat that color when I was much much younger and could get away with wearing that color and I LOVED it. Until one day a waitress dumped a whole plate of food with red sauce on it at a local restaurant. :(

    I am with you on the red roses...they are beautiful a little cliche.

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    1. Love your story, Lisa. Very visual!
      Nice to know you feel the same way about the roses.

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  2. I love the champaign colors and the single rose. Well done.

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    1. Thanks Roger. I am enjoying your trip into abstraction.

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  3. Love Love Love!!!! Beautiful colors & I love the fringe! Well done Julie!

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    1. Thank you Donna. The fringe was difficult because I didn't want to get too detailed.
      Love your harp painting. beautiful.

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  4. I so agree with you Julie that those dark red roses are dismal. Your painting is beautiful and the Red Vase one is just stunning!

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    1. hey ho - you make me feel good. thanks.
      Looking forward to seeing your series on shells. Off to a great start with the one today.

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  5. I also do not like the color of the roses that (in certain festivities) symbolize love! Your rose is beautiful and painted in a fantastic way. Always as fresh as the love...
    I love roses thea.A tree of these roses had come from the garden on the balcony in my mother's house ... These roses with a slight scent have a special meaning for me.

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    1. How lovely to have the memory of the way your mother's roses not only looked, but also the scent. Thank you for the beautiful comment.

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  6. oh, sigh, julie... this is so beautiful. and i'm with you, any color but red...

    i'm gonna try your word verification tip. it's always puzzled me why they often make the numbers so vague and blurry. do the robots have exception vision?

    xoxo

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    1. Love the sensitive coloration in your work. It is a joy visiting your blog.

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  7. This is lovely. I especially like the verticals in the lower right in contrast with the strong horizontals at the top.

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    1. You have a great eye for design so I appreciate your comment. Love your Laguna painting and the new still life.

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  8. Ah......we revisit the beautiful shawl. You rose is lovely and if I may say, those leaves are perfect. The color is spot on. I will remember them.

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    1. This is the first time for the shawl to be done with the fracturing and the fringe was scary.
      Thanks Helen.

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  9. I LOVE...LOVE this painting, Julie!!! It's my favorite !!!!
    (well, for now..since I love them all!) This one is amazing..the leaves are so rich in color yet everything else is so soft and perfect!!!!

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    1. Oh this is great - thanks so much, Hilda. I am so pleased it is a favorite

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  10. Julie, its so beautiful and I can't believe how tiny it is. This painting has much more beauty in it that that little canvas should be able to hold!

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    1. Thank you Susan. I think tiny must be the trading cards. I cannot even imagine it.

      Your drawings have been such a joy to see.

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  11. How very romantic. Just perfect for Valentine's Day.

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    1. I agree it is romantic. I am a sucker for romance and beauty.

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  12. Yes, beautiful and with an old fashioned soft appeal to it that never goes out of style-just like romance itself!

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    1. Thanks Mary. Good to know it never goes out of style.
      Your beautiful shadows in your new painting got me wanting summer to arrive.

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  13. I used to work for a florist (many many many years ago!) He said to me: "Men think women love red roses...but they don't! All women love the other colors! Funny how that florist was so right... but he never let on to a red rose buyer. Wonderful painting!

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    1. Great story and I can pass it on at the Guild. The men all think women love red roses. Even when we stand there saying differently.
      Your landscape has so much atmosphere. You and Mary (above) are making me miss summer

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  14. I'm not even much of a rose fan, simply because I find them overdone (I think is the word I'm looking for). That said, white roses are up amongst my favorites of all flowers (next to lilacs and hydrangeas). Your painting is beautiful!

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    1. Thanks, my dear - hope all is better in your world.

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    1. thanks so much, Bruce. So are your martini glasses!

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  16. What a lovely and delicate painting. And I recognize that shawl:)

    I love roses of all sorts but especially the ones that seem to be variegated. Combinations of oranges and yellows or reds and yellows are my favorite:)

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    1. I agree - variegated adds a bit of extra beauty...
      That is one great "building" painting on your blog today. I tried to leave a comment three times - the screen kept moving. Will be back.

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  17. I just watched your demo on fracturing, what fun, I am new to oils and you are a great inspiration

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    1. Nice of you to say that - thank you.
      I popped over to your blog and I admire the way you grasped the principles of space in your work. It must be natural for you because I see others who have painted so much longer fail to understand, never mind "see" it.

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  18. We can usually blame the Victorians, Elizabethans or any era of Italians for the stories behind flowers.

    I for one love red roses for the one day they look good.

    A trainer I was working with was once sent some red roses for father's day that bowled me over. Great big saucer sized, rich, velvety and scented! I couldn't take my eyes off them for the week I was there. And when I got back to Canada he sent me a huge bouquet of the same roses to welcome me home. It was even more special that it was a completely platonic friendship. Sadly he has since passed on but I will always remember that gesture.

    The best red roses I've found are called Gabriellas, they last for ever and open flat with dense, pointed petals. They are a lovely bright cadmium colour they fills the whole room with intensity.

    BTW If you hate red roses don't visit my blog tomorrow, visit the next day where you will love what I post.

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  19. P.S. I also love your leaves. They look so delicate, just like the real thing. How do you do it every day?

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    1. Those darned Victorians! They ruined so many things in my English part of life. So full of censorship of what was deemed right or wrong.
      I enjoyed your story of the roses and your kind friend.
      I was referring to store bought roses that are available here. No glorious reds in those. Will look out for the Gabriela for sure. They sound marvelous.
      I also enjoyed the story on the trading card paintings you shared today and you have alerted my curiosity about tomorrow - I will be over for sure.

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    2. Regarding your question in the PS. It is only by doing it every day that I eventually got to where I could do the leaves that way. Glad you like them - I always remember to put the color of the rose into the stem and leaves. Richard Schmid once told me that little tidbit.

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  20. LOL, Never met a rose I didn't like. Just love your painting. I planted "Josef's Coat" in my garden. They look a lot like that but with a touch more yellow...and the smell..divine. The shawl is amazing! I posted a painting of a rose garden in Seattle. Hope ou saw it. love, Lavon

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    1. These roses had a lovely smell. Something you do not always get with store bought roses.
      I am sorry I missed your Seattle painting. I do not always have time to search so I depend on my blog roll and hope you will open up your page so you can acquire followers.

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  21. Roses are beautiful on the bush; So I grow them. In a vase, however, they make me sad; their cut lives are too short. While I too adore red, in roses I prefer the peach ones. Roses are great in a painting and yours is gorgeous. Happy Valentines Day Julie.

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    1. I understand what you mean about cutting them but little old selfish me wants to see them where ever I am so I leave some on the bush and some in the house. They actually last quite a long time indoors.
      I have a beautiful peach rose and I agree, it is magnificent in its beauty.

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  22. This is so elegant, Julie - the shawl, the fringe, the rose. Beautiful colors as well. Love this painting!

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    1. How nice of you Carol. I enjoyed reading about your snow!

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  23. This is lovely one of my favorite rose paintings you have done!

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  24. Another truly lovely Julie Ford Oliver painting! The fringe makes it extra special. Thank you very much also Julie for your thoughtful, kind post on my blog yesterday. It means a lot to me. You're amazing!

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    1. Primroses, right? I did love the way you did them. I thank YOU for commenting too.

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  25. Dear Julie:) Wonderful, just wonderful. The painting as well as the rose it self. They are lovely in the garden too! Thank for the tip about the numbers:)

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    1. Good to hear from you Renate. The tip works and saves so much time when you can hardly see the darn numbers.

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  26. Love Roses Julie, but yours are something special...just beautiful!!

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    1. Nice of you Karen... great valentines day pastel on your blog.

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  27. An all around gorgeous painting...Those well rendered rose leaves are exceptional, Julie!!

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    1. I was pleased with the leaves so I thank you for noticing them. Waiting for a new post from you Dean.

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  28. Beautiful painting... I agree... the leaves are so well painted!

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  29. I just love this painting! The gold shawl is beautiful and the rose equisite!

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  30. You know it is funny , I have exactly the same feeling about red roses, I prefer them anything but red which the ones I have in my garden are a sure proof of . Soft yellow, creamy , rose and pink , salmon...but no red ones. Your rose is of course delightful :-)

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I love that you are taking the time to comment and thank you for it. I am sure other readers will enjoy them too.
Cheers,
Julie

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