Simply Pink Dahlia

"Simply Pink Dahlia" 6" x 6" Oil on hardboard panel

She wasn't one of the great beauties in the garden that summer.  Her whorl wasn't perfectly spaced, her face was plain, and her color was simply... pink.

This was a thirty minute painting.  I try to do one every few weeks. It's hard for a detail person such as myself to slap on paint, blend it with a mop brush, add a few hard edges and define the center of interest.  But here she is

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Dahlia Face

"Dahlia Face" 9" x 12" Oil on hardboard panel

Late in the summer when every bud has opened, and leaves begin to favor a bronzed version of themselves, the dahlia sends out tendrils to adorn her pretty face.


The whole bed of them looked like this; center petals coiled like snail shells, the kind you might find on a garden path.  I'll move on to a more traditional image next time.

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Carol

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