Peonies on the grey. 2015. J.harms. 18×24 cm. Oil on canvas board.
I am lucky to count flower lovers in my family. Vases never stay empty for long around my home. I started painting flowers to ‘wash my eyes’ in between my other paintings. Simply changing my usual medium from acrylic to oil is like visiting a new place. Oil has never been my favorite medium but the colorful pigments have a quality to them that I have not found in acrylics. Every time I prepare to paint a new bouquet, I experience something akin to pure joy.
And the viewer, in turn, experiences pure joy at the sight of this loveliness. Thank yo!
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Aww ! thanks for that lovely comment 🙂
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You’re more than welcome.
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beautiful painting, love the colors
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Thank you, comments are always appreciated, you made my day 🙂
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Beautiful. I like especially the calmness of the composition contrastet by the slight flicker of the brown foundation.
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Thank you Michael. I usually paint the surface red before I start. I seldom paint directly on white.
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Me neither. But in this work you really succeeded in bringing everything alive by not covering the foundation completely, in my humble opinion. I think it’s a strong piece.
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Thank you very much Michael.
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Beautiful!
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thank you 🙂
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