TULIPS is the latest edition to the Paintings and Pancakes show at Kerbey Lane Cafe. As we ready ourselves for the brutal heat of summer, TULIPS is a kind reminder of a wet and cooler(ish) Texas spring.
The progression of photos in the gallery are very subtle changes, but it’s notable that I wasn’t happy with the rose-leaning red, so I worked in a lot of warmer pinks that looked, for lack of a better term, more “tulipy”.
The foreground is deliberately painterly, an effort to give the effect of an active growing scene and the changes that spring can bring. The greens also serve as a nice contrast to the complementary reds of the tulips, making them pop with more prominence had the greens been more muted or excluded entirely.
Ultimately this piece was a study of sorts as I contemplate doing a much larger version of TULIPS. I think it will work well, the largest question being to focus on one or many colors of flowers. I’m leaning towards one. What do you think?
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