Description
I discovered these flowers in the village of Artana, Spain alongside the house of my friend, Paco Julian. During a single day I drew the flowers on the spot on 100% rag paper and then finished the original watercolor after I had returned to California. The original painting, on 100% rag paper, measures 11 x 14 inches and can be shipped either with an off-white 100% archival rag mat (overall size 17 x 20 inches ) in a protective cardboard case, or without a mat, rolled securely in a shipping tube.
The Bougainvillea is also available without a mat as an Archival Digital Print on 100% rag paper. The size of the image is 11 x 14 inches. With its border, the overall size is 13 x 16 inches. It will be shipped securely rolled in a shipping tube.
For me and for many other citizens of this earth, flowers offer a glimpse of grace, simplicity and peace in a world that wobbles out of balance. Every Spring, irises, daffodils and tulips push up out of the dirt and remind us of mortality, theirs and ours. Except for days of snow and cold, I like to sit in the dirt near them and draw as accurately as I’m able. The chop is a seal traditionally used in China and Japan as a signature. It is carved from stone; the red color comes from cinnabar paste. This one states my name in Mandarin. I sign my watercolors of flowers with it in homage to Hokusai, Hiroshige and other masters of floral painting.
