Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Orange Flowers



9 x 12 acrylic cold press paper

See, not all the paintings use blues. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that my red tube of paint was really orange (and the purple tube was a dark blue). Some of the scans make this color look like a shade of pink, which is the color I would have preferred, but, sigh, it's orange that was lightened with white. Future paintings will use reds and pinks---once the new order of paints arrive.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sylvia,
This is wonderful work, and I would not be able to differentiate your work from a professional artist. As always, it is thought fully done (especially with the explanations), makes sense, and actually is aesthetically very beautiful to me. I hope you continue and, in fact, when you have completed a few more let's get a show for you--and if you wish, maybe even get a few of them sold. I was just visiting art galleries in Europe, and I tell you, this is nicer than a lot of "modern" stuff I saw. By the way, I'm the one who thought of the painting material and bought it. I had a feeling you'd enjoy it. I'd like to try my hand at it some day, but who knows when. Kurt

Anonymous said...

The new "salmon" color is wonderful. And, I like Kurt's idea--I'd buy one!

Anonymous said...

You know what this reminded me of mom? It reminded me of the old orange flowered sofa and loveseat and chair from when I was a kid. Not that it looks like it, just that orange flowers make me think of it... Also...Pink and Purple flowers and yellows would be great for Rachel Anne, and well, yeah...I support Kurts idea and Terri's too!...
LisaLou

Anonymous said...

I absolutely love this! It's energy and optimism combined. If I could give it motion, I'd assign "bounce".