Reworked Iris

Oil on Archival Rag Board, 7" x 11"

bid here

I actually presented this piece quite a while

ago in my blog, but, the other day I was looking

at it and realized that it was not done yet.

So I got out my paints (particularly transparents)

and went to work finishing it off. There is not quite

as much pink in the background as it appears in this

photograph.

Every spring I get the urge to paint flowers - well,

actually I like to paint them all the time, particularly

in gouache. They have such wonderful shapes and colors,

and it is always a problem to figure out how to portray

their delicacy and ephemeral qualities, as well as the

color. This is especially fun in gouache, which can be

used either opaquely or transparently. One can

communicate a lot of information with this combination.

It is great.

Thanks for looking. Sorry about the lack of postings recently.

I've been on a small "vacation" from my work. Hope to be

getting back into it now.