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Monday, February 25, 2008

Red Carnations

"Red Carnations" 8x6" oil on canvas SOLD

Last Wednesday I posted the roller coaster ride I took with these carnations, which started and ended with a blank canvas. Today I knew better what to do: a more careful composition, some glass for sparkle, a looser approach. I was pretty happy with how it came out this time. What do you think?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Leslie,

I am both intrigued and smitten with today's "new" carnations. The glass vase is so quietly vibrant. Wow.

I also am curious about your description of the new version -- in glass -- as "a looser approach." To a person like me who is, in the artistic sense, visually challenged, today's carnations-in-glass seem much more formal and, to make the comparison, much "tighter" than the Roller Coaster set.

In the end, though, I am most captivated with both versions as your rendering of a heart-stopping expression of Dennis' love for you, and your loving response to him in your paintings. Wow again! Priscilla

Leslie Lee said...

Thanks Priscilla
Perhaps "approach" is the operative word here... more a mental attitude. And I did not take the roller coaster painting far enough to get it "tight".