Amaryllis Untimely

by Beverley Harper Tinsley

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$390

Dimensions

13.000 x 15.000 inches

Title

Amaryllis Untimely

Artist

Beverley Harper Tinsley

Medium

Painting - Watercolor And Graphite

Description

The amaryllis that usually blooms around the winter holidays lost track of time this year. It is blooming now, in late February, and beginning to fade. Losing time is a thing I understand all too well, so I immortalized this year's bloom in paint. A large, voluptuous, red flower is hard not to notice and appreciate, but what I admired most was the shadow shapes thrown by the pistil and stamen.
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Legend has it that the amaryllis - the stunning red flower we've come to associate with the holidays - began as a shy, timid nymph. Amaryllis fell deeply in love with Alteo, a shepherd with Hercules' strength and Apollo's beauty, but her affections were unrequited. Hoping that she could win him over by bestowing upon him the thing he desired most - a flower so unique it had never existed in the world before - Amaryllis sought advice from the oracle of Delphi.
Following his instructions, Amaryllis dressed in maiden's white and appeared at Alteo's door for 30 nights, each time piercing her heart with a golden arrow. When at last Alteo opened his door, there before him was a striking crimson flower, sprung from the blood of Amaryllis's heart. With this romantic - albeit tragic - tale as its beginning, it's not surprising that today the amaryllis has come to symbolize pride, determination and radiant beauty. http://www.teleflora.com/about-flowers/amaryllis.asp
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According to:
http://gardening.about.com/od/floweringbulbs/a/Amaryllis.htm
Amaryllis are hard flowers to categorize. They look tropical and exotic; large, lily-like trumpet blooms on tall, straight stems, with a base of strappy leaves. Flower colors go from white to deep red and include some eye-catching stripped varieties. You'll pay more for the more exotic varieties and larger bulbs, but larger bulbs produce more flowers.
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Amaryllis Untimely is currently priced and available as professionally framed and double matted. To see original painting as framed, contact the artist directly. Or better yet, go see it in person at the incomparable St. Mark's Coffee House in Denver, Colorado, where it will be on display along with many of my other works, for the months of March and April 2014.
http://www.stmarkscoffeehouse.com/
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February 21st, 2014

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