Botanicals #35

thirty-fifth painting

This pansy greets me every time I enter the house. Its gorgeous lavender colour is soft.

I want to paint a large iconic image so I paint the small flower large like an Andy Warhol flower print. I water the plant to perk it up before I paint so the dirt turns a flat rich black and white fleck stand out like stars in the night sky. It's large head lures you to its centre with airport runway markings leading in.

botanicals #35 June 4, 2015 oil on canvas 9" x 12"