9" x 12", oil on panel.More peonies! I was disappointed to learn that peonies won't be around much longer...somehow I thought I'd be painting them all summer...so I've been snapping them up wherever I see them. They've certainly become my favorite flower.
Here I also have to share with you my good friend Barbara's silk-screened note cards, many of which are beautiful flowers, one of which is, to my delight, a peony. Check them out at her company's Etsy shop, Kinaloon.
The other thing in this painting that I've been thinking of and working on more lately is developing the center of interest and then seeing how little else needs to be developed, or painted at all, for that matter.
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17 comments:
What a grand gesture you have created with just developing you area of interest.Part of the beauty lies in the way the non-dominant peonies fade into the background.Soft and dramatic in the same breath. hmmm. Great stuff is happening with you and those peonies.
Karen, yes center of interest. It's beautiful. Thank you for sharing, it is so helpful. Now the trick is to apply it to my work.
Your style and color selection in this painting have created a classic ... this looks like it belongs in a museum in France. Absolutely stunning. Beautifully done!
Such luscious whites...
This really glows! And that leading edge of the white peonie, palette knife? Great stuff!
I think you hit the sweet spot on the colors here. The soft brown background and the creamy white and yellow peony are in very good harmony. I would remember this color combo and use it again for some more of these.
Very nice!
I like the way you effectively eliminated the surface edge.
But my Fav-o-rite part is the translucence of the top white petals against the rosy one.
Just lovely!
Such wonderful light you're capturing.
Yeah, peony season is kind of short.
Oh, yes, I agree with your other comments. You've really mastered the skill of realism without any fussiness. The white peony has just the right amount of detail while retaining a strong sense of personal expression.
You know, when you run out of peonies, there are lots of chamisa to be painted in New Mexico.... ;)
Hi Loriann, Thanks! I'm afraid I'll have to find a replacement for them soon! That's what I was going for, trying to push the contrast of the focal area while letting the rest become more lost.
Hi Joan, Thank you. So glad to hear that something I said may be of help. I find the same thing...there is so much I learn from reading about others' work.
Hi Leslie, wow thanks! I will contact the museum shortly! :)
Thanks Kathleen! That's on my list of things to think of too...whites, different whites (shadow/light etc)
Hi Carol, thank you! Yes, I palette knifed in some of the edges to try to accentuate them as a place where the light starts.
Hi SJ, Thanks so much. I do like the brown background too. I was experimenting with how to keep the background neutral and yet maybe a little warmer too.
Hi Jill, Thanks! That surface edge...here I wanted to see how it would work without a definite edge (I don't want it to become a device, that the edge always has to be there), so thanks for your thoughts on that.
Hi Johanna, Thanks so much for stopping by and for you comment!
Hi Jala, Thanks! what to paint after peonies?
I think maybe Melinda, you've answered what to paint after peonies! Okay, I'll be right down! The chamisa is beautiful!
Peonies seem to have a weighty beauty that is unmatched in other flowers. You're right... it's too bad they aren't around all year....
But then maybe we would appreciate them so much.
Beautifully done, once again.
YOur peony love is so very evident - glorious!
Hi Laurel, Isn't it obvious how in love with them I am?! Where I wonder can I get them all year long! :)
I too love peonies and you have captured their fragile petals and inner glow.
Thank you Beverly! I think that's what I love about them...their fragility and glow, and yet they have such a great form to them too.
Hi Marian, Yes I think you're right, they're precious because they're temporary! I do like how you described them, as having a weighty beauty, so true!
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