“Ginger Kiss”
(Acrylic)
Size: 120x90cm
THE IDEA BEHIND THE PAINTING:
This painting came about when someone
gave me a magnificent Torch Ginger flower.
I was so in awe of it I instantly made a drawing of it.
As it was, I had a canvas which I was
experimenting with. After drawing the
flower I realized that this canvas was just perfect for my purposes. I then drew the outline of the flower onto
the canvas in blue. This blue became the
background for the painting.
Art Techniques used to achieve this:
The canvas was initially an
experiment in paint application. I used
reds, blues and purple acrylics. I
poured the paint on and manipulated it with flicks of water and by pressing
sheets of paper onto the paint to get random texture. This was allowed to dry and it was this that
I used for the flower.
The painting evolved
effortlessly. It was as if the
experimental dabbling was perfect for the subject. Sometimes things like this just happen. What a joy.
Life is sometimes like that too.
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