THE HEART OF THE MATTER
This painting, done a couple of years ago when I lived in Tyler, Texas, won 2nd place this week in an exhibition currently hanging at the South Texas Art Institute / Museum of South Texas in the annual exhibition of the South Texas Art League. I had this fabulous magnolia tree in my back yard in Tyler and often studied these flowers. They open the first day to this creamy center with these interesting stamens and stigmas curled from the end of each one. Then they close that night and reopen the second day with the stamens scattered along the petals and cone left bared. The Southern Magnolia is one of the more primitive flowers (water lillies being older) and are some of the oldest fossil flowers discovered.
9 comments:
Very beautiful flower and interesting approach of taking over the negative space which actually the flower itself. At the beginning I thought it is not finished painting. But later after I read the story I got it: the style is almost abstract although the flower is reading in the few seconds after you see it.
I was wondering what was the frame that was chosen for this painting?
Thank you very much,
Irina
Nice placement on the paper. It did look ike an abstract painting to me at first. Again. congratulations on the award.
Beautiful painting, Debbie...congratulations.
Congrats on the award, Debbie! The painting and flower are gorgeous.
P.S. I just enlarged your painting to study it more, and I must say this really, really reminds me of a Georgia O'Keefe.
Wonderful painting. This vision is a suprise ! Bravo !
This is so very elegant! What a fantastic perspective!
Wonderful art on your blog....beautiful!!
Wow, love your work!
machelle
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