One of my orchids, Laelia flava, a Brazilian rock-growing species, put out four of these beautiful little blooms this year (approx. life size), in a cluster at the end of a very long spike. When the plant was ready to stop flowering, each little bloom simply fell off and stayed almost perfect for a whole day off the plant. So of course I had to paint one.
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9 comments:
Simple, serene, beautiful.
I love Dan 3 also...he totally does have a statuesque presence in your painting!!
I love the tone on tone palette - and the colors themselves.
Very nice, indeed!
Karen, Patrice - Thank you!
Patrice - I had really debated about the colors. The flower is of course yellow, so my norm would've been a purplish background. Which I'm sure would've been ravishing...but I wanted to do somethin' just a li'l different.
I'm addicted to tone on tone--I just love this delicate little piece!
Thanks, Kim. I think now I'll have to try some more tone-on-tone stuff.
Beautiful little harmonious piece. Simple lines, stated with grace.
How did I miss this one? I love monochromatic color schemes. This is great. That shadow drifting of the edge makes it.
I love this one - a perfect salute to the spent bloom!
This is beautiful.
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