More additions to the wall on my newly renovated back porch. I love this room ;a restful retreat . I am happy with the colors in the Iris. I finally achieved the value that i have been trying for. The cone-flowers are less successful but better than most of my other attempts. The canvas is textured due to the many coats of gesso and the numerous attempts at these flowers. I love cone-flowers, but find them so difficult to paint. I plan on painting them again and again ..... Beautiful fall day in Michigan.
Thinking about the greats
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*Four Trees*
Claude Monet
Oil on canvas
1891
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City
(The paintings at the
Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart were similar....
14 hours ago