Lily

May 2013

Acrylic painting of a drooping, yellow flower with smaller blossoms along the stem. Background is an abstract, blue-green-gray mix of textured paint.

This piece was an experiment with texture. The first thing was to cover the background in a thick whitish-blue. The flower seemed like a natural contrast, with the bold yellows, and simple green stem and leaves. At the end of the process, it came out with a little bit of an unintentional Van Gogh look to it.