One of my favorite things to do on a rainy afternoon is to hide out in my studio and paint! Today is one of those days and I’ve enjoyed the last 2 hours immensely. My daughter graduated from high school last week and she went and got some flowers for my husband and me to say thank you. These sunflowers made the perfect subject for me today.
This painting is 8″x8″ oil on linen mounted on birch panel. It was an experiment, although I suppose every painting I do is some kind of experiment. This time I had it in my mind to simplify and paint blocks of color. I probably still have too much information in this painting. One reason I did a small painting is because I thought it would be easier to simplify. Below is a shot of the set-up in my studio. I don’t have any kind of table for still life set ups so I improvised with that cardboard box on top of my taboret (which is too small!).
Beautiful!! Nice composition especially.
Terrific! I love the THICK paint you used.
Sort of reminded me of Carol Marin in it’s overall look… maybe it was the spots.. LOL.
When I saw your set up my thought was DANG… those sunflowers are H..U..G..E..!!!!!
Hi Joan, I think your sunflowers are simply perfect! Yes, I agree with Marian that those flowers are HUGE. Great painting – the subject matter, colors you chose and your impasto bring this painting to life. Very vibrant!
I really like the chunkiness and blockiness here! It adds a lot of movement to the image.
Thank you everyone for the nice comments!
Joan