Peach Garden Rose - Botanical Print on Fine Art Paper Size:10x10" almost dancing

almost dancing

The rose itself is weathered

I painted it against a deep plum ground

and the result carries that energy

I allowed the forms to open and fade into the surrounding space

Peach Garden Rose - Botanical Print on Fine Art Paper Size:10x10" almost dancingJust outside my studio window, peach roses bloom in a soft tangle of petals: fragrant, full, and often visited by hummingbirds. I see them every day, but this one caught me differently. I began the painting, then set it aside for months. When I finally returned to it, something had shifted. What started as a familiar bloom emerged wild and radiant, as if lit from within. The surface holds layered brushwork and subtle shifts of warm tone, built slowly