Tropical Blossoms Canvas Print

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Tropical Blossoms
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Delicate blossoms in vibrant tropical colors take us to a place of moist hot summers, fruity scents and ephemeral beauty that dies and gets reborn each day.
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This is a loosely and wetly painted sumi-e or asian style floral in shades of melon, coral, mango, lime, papaya, violet, pink, red, orange, chartreuse, green, and a deep indigo I mixed myself. The flowers and background are painted wet on wet, and the branches giving the composition its solidity are added after the the colorful part dries, for a contrast of colors, values, shapes and edges.
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I love the seeming simplicity and freshness of asian inspired art, and feel watercolor is the ideal medium for expressing myself in this way. There is a focused, calm editative quality one achieves when approaching a painting in this way, that is very satisfying and peaceful. I feel those qualities come through in both the process and the finished painting. A light-hearted and beautifu...

To me, making art is about the stopping of time, as are so many of the things I most love doing. I don't believe in time as we know it. When I become engaged in creating something, I no longer feel subject to time's constricting whims. That is why I am driven to create. I love the light touch and thrilling chemistry of watercolor painting, the bold strokes possible in pastel work, the patterns I can create with an ink drawing, and learning something new, always. Color thrills me. Texture delights. I hope with each work to retain the clarity of what I see, and bring that into view for others. I may not always achieve that, but the honest desire is present in each of my pieces. For those who enjoy facts; I am a signature member of...