oils on winsor and newton canvas board
i bought these flowers several days ago and told myself i would not paint them but just enjoy them as they are. but sunflowers have such strange expressions and limbs and tangly bits... okay, so i needed to paint them. the newspaper just happened to be lying around my room, an old copy which, would you believe, had an article about van gogh and his ear? nothing strange about that really because i had kept it for that specific reason. the text on the paper was as it was when i wrapped the flowers.
16 comments:
Nice tight composition and sensitively handled to compliment Mr. V. Gogh. Very nice handling of the sunflowers.
Gooooooooooooooood
Thank you
The subject of more than wonderful
Hi Rahina, I'm glad to have found your blog ... such lovely, energetic paintings! And you're right: some subjects just call out to be painted. I'm glad you heeded the call from these sunflowers ... I love this!
Beautiful use of color Rahina. I love this painting.
Thank you Paul, Lionel, Karen and Janet. Really do appreciate your feedback on my paintings. r.
Very nice. I too feel completely compelled to paint when I see a sunflower. "Tangly bits"--hee hee.
Hi Jala, only some words describe certain responses:)) now working on another sunflower painting, i can't help it:) r.
Fantastic color and composition. I like the fact that you painted the Sunflowers in a closed position rather than the typical full-on Sunny Face. Nice creative touches!
thank you Gwen, but i changed this slightly since you last saw it... with just one full-on. hope you still like it:) r.
Rahina,
this is lovely.
you make even Vincent gush!
peace~
Chuck
Hi Chuck, i was intrigued by your use of the word 'gush' and got this from the dictionary: To flow forth suddenly in great volume: water gushing from a hydrant.
2. To emit a sudden and abundant flow, as of tears.
3. To make an excessive display of sentiment or enthusiasm: gushed over the baby
there were more uses but i think you might have used definition 2... it makes me laugh and probably true.... poor vincent, he's probably turning in his grave, bless him:) r.
Rahina~
actually, i totally meant #3...
he would be THRILLED with your work!
i just know it. he would
. shake your hand
. turn his good ear to you
. and say: "please, call me Vincent."
!
:)r.
Hi Rahina,
I enjoyed visting your blog and like your painterly approach. I am always thrilled to meet people around the world via www.
Thanks for the link.
Cheers from Vienna
Nue
Hi Rahina,
I like that the two words discernible in the newspaper are 'independent' and 'free'. Or at least that's what I'm reading into it. Beautiful painting.
hi Nue/Stefan thank you for your feedback and yes it is good to share ideas about art especially as it is such a lone exisitence. i was in your city last year and visted quite a few of your wonderful art galleries.
hi Silvina, thank you for your feedback. the words were truely on the newspaper and were not added for effect later. did you notice the word 'right'? somehow our brains fill in the rest:)
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