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A Single White Petunia
Day 56 of my artwork retrospective
Here’s a pastel painting I did in March of 1990, one I’d kind of forgotten about. I don’t recall who bought it, or even where I sold it, as it was a long time ago. But at least I did manage to take a picture of it, which isn’t always what happened with my creations back then.
And now, for the first time, I’m happily able to share it with you. After scanning the photo and playing with Photoshop, I’m not certain the colors are right in the background. And everyone’s device is different. But it’s as close as my memory allows.
I do recall this painting used a full sheet of Canson Mi-Teintes, so it’s about 18” by 24” meaning this single petunia is far larger than life-size!
If you’ve been reading these posts, you will have learned that in 1990 I was still working in my Shell Fragments series. In my dozens of studies of how light is affected when it strikes broken, nature-sculpted white seashells, I was also painting other white objects. And you also might recall a painting of two white petunias that I was able to have professionally scanned and turned into museum-quality giclée reproductions. (“Petunia Duet” is available in my Ko-fi Shop, had to get that in there!)
Even if you haven’t been following my posts, you may have recognized the influence of Georgia O’Keeffe, whose…
