Description
Unlike other images of flowers, this original watercolor was painted from flowers I cut from the garden and arranged on a desktop in the studio. Like the other images, it was painted on 100% rag paper. It measures 11 x 15 inches and will be shipped rolled securely in a shipping tube. By request it can be fitted with an off-white archival mat, the overall size is 17½ x 20½ inches. As such it will be shipped flat in a protective cardboard case. Please contact me for any such customizations or special requests.
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.
