I ended up liking this painting. It started out once again with me thinking oh, this is so going in the garbage. But like a phoenix, it rose from the ashes and now I’m happy with it. (What a drama queen!!!) The husband does not like it. Oh well, he can paint his own.
Sue from New Hampshire came to visit one day and brought me these lovely flowers. She took the subway all by herself from 96th street to meet me for lunch and then had to get back to the Javit’s Center to board a bus to go home. I was very proud of her. The subway can be scary if you’re not used to it. We went to lunch at a new place on the avenue. It was good, but I found out later it’s a vegan restaurant…so THAT’S what it means when the word “chicken” is in quotes.
This painting is my 2nd attempt at painting spider mums. If you recall, my first attempt, which was done in one of my first watercolor classes, was different because all the flowers were facing away from me.
Rejection.
This time, I made sure the flowers pointed towards me. The table perspective is off, but I don’t mind. And the vase is a little lopsided, but so am I.
I also painted the plate on which the vase sits many years ago at a paint your own pottery place. I LOVE those paint your own pottery places.
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June 28, 2008 at 11:02 pm
bonnieluria
Great treatment of the glass vase- how hard it is to do glass.
I like the composition and colors on this one too.
Some day you may approach a painting ( I’m still waiting myself ) and the words, I hate it, will not enter your mind.
June 29, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Charlie
I like these spider mums, too. But I still hold ‘Istria’ to be my favorite. I was scrolling through the entire histo-blog and found more favorites. In retrospect, Istria really doesn’t come in 1st. or 2nd. It may even get bumped down to a tie for 3rd.
OK, so Woman with Hat is my current fave. The expression, the pose–I don’t know—that captures so much.
Pope’s red shoes—the realism is truly astounding! Carol, how’d you master the art so quickly?
Spider mums (shy version) is amazing
Mt. Huang is awesome
Dec 13th Flowers is just so full of life….it makes me happy to look at that painting
Glass and Orchid is really beautiful, too. Subtle and a killer
Still love Istria–there’s something so ethereal about it
So looking back on my list, I tend to be attracted to total contrasts. I love the vivid and I’m equally drawn to the ethereal. The only anomaly is the stark realism of Pope’s red shoes. I guess it’s plain technique there. 🙂
June 30, 2008 at 12:29 am
Jim
VERY nice. And I love the plate… I have two of Carol’s ceramic creations, and one of Matt’s, proudly displayed in my house !!
June 30, 2008 at 1:25 pm
wrjonesb02
This is a nice painting. Carol. I think is could be moved a little off center, but I like it.
August 20, 2008 at 1:47 am
Mary Sheehan Winn
my favorite flowers or, ‘one of’.
I also recently took the plunge with them and posted the finish on my blog July 27th.
Congrats on your ‘hot noodles’ painting being chosen for Salmagundi Club.
It’s a nice painting.