Crape Myrtle Bouquet
8"x 8" Raymar canvas panel $200.
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Artist Note
The Crape Myrtle trees are blooming like crazy
just a few steps outside my studio.
Loaded with blooms they are so beautiful.
How fortunate to be in a downtown which
has flowering trees.
You can see my experiments with
fracturing the paint and mark making
are still continuing.
It is an interesting process.
Bit by bit I am taking note of what
I respond to and in what way...
positive or negative.
I have no idea how it will all end up
but I am enjoying the freedom
and interest.
I don't recall ever having seen a Crape Myrtle, Julie, so how lovely it is to be introduced to it through the sheer splendour of your creative work.
ReplyDeleteBefore I left England I cannot remember ever seeing these so after reading your comment I did a Google search. It is only since the climate has changed and Britain is starting to getting warmer that the shrub variety are doing okay in the southern areas. Interesting.
DeleteVery nice and interesting floral painting !!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Stelios. Always lovely to hear from you.
DeleteLove the color combination, quite pleasing.
ReplyDeleteYou sound very British with "quite pleasing." My mother would use it. that gives me a nice warm feeling. Thanks Blanche.
DeleteJulie I enlarged this painting. Your fracturing technique is gorgeous. The texture is so apparent and of course I love the subject. Imagine having such beautiful blooms right out your window. Hope you are enjoying lots of sunshine and lovely weather today. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHello dear Debbie and how lovely it is to have the summer over and see you back on your blog. Loved your painting of the bird.
DeleteBeautiful painting and I am really taken with the mark-making once again. It adds motion and energy to the subject and makes it come alive.
ReplyDeleteIt is a process of putting on and taking off. Figuring out what I like and what I don't. At least it is keeping me interested. Thanks for the visit Carol. Always nice chatting.
DeleteThere is so much freedom in the way you paint , and this is a gorgeous example !
ReplyDeleteHello Jane - happy you like it - thanks.
DeleteI was admiring your new piece and thinking how adept you are at changing techniques. It is really really good.
Love how textural this is!!! Awesome color too!
ReplyDeleteHi Joan - interesting you like the texture because as a watercolor artists everything is smooth. So thank you, it means a lot to me.
DeleteI get jealous when I see textures like this! lol
DeleteYour Crape Myrtle bouquet is painted so beautifully, Julie. I have two Red ones in my backyard and they're in full bloom. SO beautiful. Your flowers are a beautiful color as well as texture.
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how lovely to know you have red ones. I bet they are glorious. happy you like this one - thanks Hilda.
DeleteColor, textures, composition, it has everything.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations.
Greetings.
Greetings back...Thank you for such a generous comment. I am very flattered because your color and values are spot on
DeleteYour work is beautiful as always. Even though you pursue a specific technique, it always feels like a genuine search and not formulaic.
ReplyDeleteWhat a meaningful comment to me - thank you, Lorraine.
DeleteI start them all differently so NOT to have a formula. there is a feeling or special look I need to see at the end, though. Your latest landscape has fabulous edge control I really love it.