Truong Van Thanh (Vietnamese, 20th Century), "Prunus", c. 1960 [lacquer on wood]

Oil, 10x8x1/8 inch

🍀Available

I just finished my 4th flower still life painting (my largest yet) and here are the results! Swipe left for more details and some WIP shots. I started this series because I want to advance my skills of photo-realistic oil painting through the common practice of painting floral still lifes. Basics baby! Naturally, I wanted to avoid the more traditional route of rendering flowers in a vase on a table, with perhaps some fruit and dishes, so instead I've chose an approach that incorporates more unusual objects alongside the flowers that reflect a personal narrative, and a touch of the surreal and mysterious! Essentially, I want the viewer to see these bricolage paintings and absorb some clues about my personality, interests, and states of mind through the objects I include and how they're arranged.

Before any painting begins, I intentionally select relatable objects that are 'very me' or that I find exciting, and create a vignette together with flowers I've found locally. This is the fun, purely creative part. Once I've settled on 'a look' I really like, then I take a photo. From there, it's just a mostly architectural, comparative process of recreating the image on canvas in oil paint as accurately as possible. This challenging process feels like working through a puzzle. Along the way, I'll make further creative decisions to make the painting more beautiful or 'magical' than the photo itself. In this case, I changed the colors of the background (to black, with a tinge of brown) and one of the pillars (to neon pink!), removed the plastic armature supporting the spools of threads, and added a feather and a golden ring. Eventually, the painting will reach an ever higher level of detail and a feeling that it's 'finished' will start to emerge until I declare it complete! It is tedious, but It's also fun, and challenging and I just f**king love it!

Anyway, thanks for reading, I hope you have a lovely week and I can't wait to paint and share more! 🫶❤️

“Motley Cruising”(2023), oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches, by #BrianKenny

Frida Kahlo

Magnolias. 1945

"Everyone talks about getting hit by Cupid's arrow, but no one talks about the bleeding and the scar left after it's been pulled out"

-Unknow

Butterfly Girl, 1976 | Chris Achilleos

Don't wait until I'm dead, to give me my flowers 💐🌸💮🪷🏵🌹🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷🪻⚘️🌱🪴🦋

"Calla Lily Flower" watercolor painting by jaleledineart.

#art #dailyart #artwork #jaleledineart #drawing #watercolor #flowers #spring

Today sth I've made some time ago, with gouache(before my painting break caused by mental health issues). One of my favourtie paintings 🥰

𝘝𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘢 💙🌿 -𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨-

Kayo Lennar, "Eleven Follies", 1979

Lily of the valley

Oil painting

Available

The sun falls on the field

painting the sky

of red and indigo,

while the last traces of warm

vanish in a breeze.

The last Sunflowers turn

to the Sun their last farewell,

before appease

in a cold bite.

Poem (C): Me

“Sunflowers”(C): Vincent Van Gogh

Ruth Arenz

sold

Salvador Dali | Fleurs, 1948

Date: Signed and dated 'Dalí 1948' (lower right);

Medium: Watercolor and pen and brush and colored inks on board;

Dimensions: 12 ½ x 9 ½ in. (31.7 x 24 cm.);

Current location: Christie's;

Provenance: Mary Woodard Lasker, New York (acquired from the artist), Acquired by the late owner, by circa 1995.

Spring Flowers 💐🌸🌹🏵🌺🌻🌼🌷