Thursday, February 11, 2016

Fleeting Blooms

 "Fleeting Blooms (Camellias)"
12 x 24 inches, oil on canvas

I will not rub it in that it's the second week of February, and I picked these outside, growing in a very springlike manner. It never ceases to amaze me, though - even nine years after leaving the Midwest - how early things bloom here in Oregon!


Here's a time-lapse video of this piece. I wasn't painting quite THAT fast, but I did have to hustle on this one. The flowers were opening and dropping off faster than I could paint them - literally! I'm glad I had a grisaille sketch to work from - it helped a lot. 

"Fleeting Blooms (sketch)"
6 x 12 inches, oil on Arches oil paper

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