Japanese Garden floral glass and more

glass and more

This image was a composite of several watercolor studies of some vibrant red flowers

Trompe l’oeil combining a real petal with a sketch of anemone petals

Actually if you turn it upside down

Japanese Garden floral glass and moreI can still remember sitting in this vegetable garden after the harvest. It was a plein air excursion I took with some other artists in Woodstock where I used to paint every week. My first watercolor experience was Chinese brush painting using inks, and this painting was kind of a throwback to that experience. I didnt make a drawing first, but just attuned to the plant shapes as they twisted and turned in their decaying form. This image became another