ADOPTED by JUDY BROCKMEYER Flowers have always held special meaning throughout the ages. The Victorians took it to a whole new level and would send secret messages to friends and especially lovers that proper society would not allow. A whole "letter" could be sent within the smallest tussie-mussie, a small flower bouquet. The single red rose still sends a message of passionate love, even in our age of "reason". A pale pink rose symbolizes admiration and friendship. In my world friendship implies the need for 2 or more individuals to enjoy together. Thusly, I felt the need to paint two, large, open, blowsie, light pink roses touching each other to indicate the friendship that time and age bring to us all. Those special friendships that mellow and grow stronger with age...and those newly minted friendships that we acquire and cherish just as much.
I painted this "Little Gem" from a photo I took at the famous rose gardens in Portland, Oregon...the City of Roses.
It's day number 40 of my "Little Gems Project". It's been challenging for me to execute a new painting on such a small format, 5x7, every day....and challenging to write my story that accompanies it, but I'm truly enjoying the journey. I hope you are, too. I don't know who you all are that are following as I have no way to "see into" the statistics, but they tell me that between 200-300 of you are visiting everyday. AMAZING! Thank you for coming along on my art adventure!
I painted this "Little Gem" from a photo I took at the famous rose gardens in Portland, Oregon...the City of Roses.
It's day number 40 of my "Little Gems Project". It's been challenging for me to execute a new painting on such a small format, 5x7, every day....and challenging to write my story that accompanies it, but I'm truly enjoying the journey. I hope you are, too. I don't know who you all are that are following as I have no way to "see into" the statistics, but they tell me that between 200-300 of you are visiting everyday. AMAZING! Thank you for coming along on my art adventure!
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