Vintage Roses

by Beverley Harper Tinsley

Original - Not For Sale

Price

$50

Dimensions

5.000 x 7.000 inches

Title

Vintage Roses

Artist

Beverley Harper Tinsley

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

Vintage Roses
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This is a sweet, bright, very loose and wet watercolor painting of heirloom roses, such as my Grammy used to grow. You know, the kind with a thousand petals tightly packed in when budding, a delightful scent you could never tire of inhaling, and a soft and billowy delicacy when in full blown bloom. The colors and style have a vintage or retro feel to me, and remind me of peaceful moments in somebody's kind kitchen, when I felt innocent and hopeful. I have tried to paint some peace.
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I created this painting while on an airplane flight, as a sort of meditation as well as making a good use of my time.
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A print of this charming floral watercolor would make a lovely gift for a flower lover in your life, maybe your mother or grandmother or that neighbor who treats all passers by with the sight and scent of his fabulous rose garden. I'm quite fond of this one, and I hope it spreads some happiness. It is part of a series of three that would be gorgeous hung together as wall art. They are painted on greeting cards, so the original would make a wonderful two in one gift both, as a card that is also a professional quality, framable painting. The card is made from top quality watercolor paper, and the inside is blank and ready for your personal message.
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For some interesting information about roses and perfume, I suggest you visit the following site, from which I am borrowing a small excerpt:
http://www.cafleurebon.com/cafleurebon-roses-in-perfumery-the-name-of-the-rose-draw/
The scent of roses may be the heart of a perfume created to exhibit its rich lushness but rose extracts are also used as a modifier for roundness or smoothness. Main rose species used in essential oil production include damask rose, Apothecary�s or French rose, Rose de mai, white rose, China, and Musk rose. In producing the essential oil or otto, much care is taken to maintain the fullness of the scent. Flowers are picked early in the morning from pre-dawn until about 10:30 am and flowers that are fresh and in full bloom are chosen. The flowers are taken to the distillery every morning and are chilled, then distilled as soon as possible. One kg rose oil is obtained from 3000 to 4000 kg of damask rose petals, which are the highest yielding flowers. Solvent extraction obtains about 10 times as much fragrant material making the absolute or concrete, both products of solvent extraction, less expensive than the distilled otto or rose oil. The word rose attar can mean two different things, either the essential oil of rose or the process of distilling roses into sandalwood. Attar of rose has a gorgeous scent with the floral, honey and buttery richness of roses and sandalwood intimately combined.

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