Botanicals #9

ninth painting
The red tulip beside our side door is closed-up because it is so cold about 5 degrees.

It is so simple the long stock leading to the shocking red bud. I paint it simply, only once and not going back into it. I shift the stock to the left side of the composing so to leave this feeling that there is more to come that the flower will advance even though it will not move like a dancer but it will have a next movement of self, an opening.

botanicals #9 May 9, 2015 oil on canvas 9" x 12"