Saturday, 11 April 2009

calling it finished

from this


to this
mixed media - 12"x12" - gallery wrapped canvas
© Serena Lewis

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i worked on developing a stronger contrast and did some liner work to define the petals a little more. i'm fairly happy with it so have decided to leave it at that before i fiddle too much more and wreck it altogether.


just in case i don't get a chance to post tomorrow

A VERY HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!!

love, light and peace

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Serena, it is so very beautiful!!

Janet said...

I think it's beautiful! I love the shapes of the flower petals. It's a gorgeous piece.

Happy Easter to you and your family.

sandy said...

Both of them are gorgeous and the finished product, wow....Happy Easter to you too.

Nic Hohn said...

What a beautiful painting...and happy belated birthday, hope you had an excellent time celebrating!

Maria Catalina Wiley said...

Wow, fabulous Serena! LOVE IT! Have a wonderful Easter with your family tomorrow:)

Anonymous said...

Oh Serena, this is just Beautiful!! you are a gift to the world.
Happy Easter!
Peace~
Dawn

Genie Sea said...

Calling it gorgeous! :) Happy Easter to you my friend :)

BumbleVee said...

It's beautiful Serena...the extra bit of shading and detail makes it much more finished looking to me....

Anonymous said...

Serena that is just beautiful! I am in awe of your talent! I can barely draw stick people...lol! Happy Easter to you! :)

Jennifer Rose said...

really nice :D the darker contrast really makes the flowers pop off the canvas

tammy vitale said...

this is gorgeouse! I love the movement in the petals - they are so organic!

peppylady (Dora) said...

Happy Easter your picture is so Easter

Coffee is on.

Paula - Buenos Aires said...

It´s so alive!

Serena Lewis said...

Thank you all for your nice comments ~ :)

Linda Fleming said...

Oh Serena, it is besutiful! Love it, love it, love it!

Rita said...

You really did make the flowers pop on the canvas. Very feminine and yet bold. Love it! :)

soulbrush said...

now i see where she gets her talent from wow! and btw,what is a shi chi dog...any relation to my shih tsu?

Thomas Sheridan said...

I love the swirling blending of relaities in how the flowers fall away at the ends and into almost the quantum level. Flowers formed by photons, and then into random photons waiting for the next objective observer to mould them into another personal illusion.

I have been working with this idea a lot myself with landscape paintings. It's an incredibly liberating way of approaching a natural subject. Even if we do not mean to put this message across - it just happens.

Gosh, just looking again these flower heads are just so lucious and elegant. I need to get more of that feeling in my own work.