Essence
by Beverley Harper Tinsley
Title
Essence
Artist
Beverley Harper Tinsley
Medium
Painting - Watercolor And Graphite
Description
A magnolia bloom in delicate shades of whitish pink and whitish gold emerges against a colorful, rich, abstracted background of blues, oranges, greens and golds.
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This painting was completed en plein air, in my backyard. The early spring blooms of magnolia stellata are such a treat, white starbursts of fragrant scent and promise of more to come.
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According to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_stellata
Magnolia stellata, sometimes called the star magnolia, is a slow-growing shrub or small tree native to Japan. It bears large, showy white or pink flowers in early spring, before its leaves open.
The tree blooms at a young age, with the slightly fragrant 7�10 cm (3�4 in) flowers covering the bare plant in late winter or early spring before the leaves appear. There is natural variation within the flower color, which varies from white to rich pink; the hue of pink magnolias also changes from year to year, depending on day and night air temperatures prior to and during flowering. The flowers are star-shaped, with at least 12 thin, delicate petal-like tepals�some cultivars have more than 30. The leaves open bronze-green, turning to deep green as they mature, and yellow before dropping in autumn. They are oblong and about 4 in (10 cm) long by about an 1.5 in (4 cm) wide.
These magnolias produce a reddish-green, knobby aggregate fruit about 2 in long that matures and opens in early autumn. Mature fruit opens by slits to reveal orange-red seeds, but the fruits often drop before developing fully.
Young twigs have smooth, shiny chestnut brown bark, while the main trunks have smooth, silvery gray bark. Like the saucer magnolia (Magnolia � soulangeana), it is deciduous, revealing a twiggy, naked frame in winter. Plants have thick, fleshy roots which are found fairly close to the surface and do not tolerate much disturbance.
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Nadine and Bob Johnston
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