Yellow Heirloom Rose - Botanical Print on Fine Art Paper Size:20x20" more impressionistic passages

more impressionistic passages

What started as a familiar bloom emerged wild and radiant

something had shifted

and unmistakably present

Yellow Heirloom Rose - Botanical Print on Fine Art Paper Size:20x20" more impressionistic passagesTheres something timeless about this roseits soft, antique yellow tinged with traces of pink around the outermost petals. It feels as though it belongs to another era, weathered gently by memory and light. I chose a top down perspective to paint this rose, as I often do, removing distraction, allowing the form itself to become the subject. The spiral of petals draws the eye inwardquietly, insistentlyinviting the viewer to linger. Its a study in aging