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Description
Iris
growing in
shades of blue, purple, and red
in a wild garden.
Wild Iris prose by Carol Cavalaris
I had fun creating this semi-abstract bearded iris in different decorator colors. This is a mixed medium work combining alcohol ink and digital painting. From the Organica Collection of art. Special thanks to Denise Walker for the use of her iris photo as a reference.
Hope you enjoy. :o)
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Comments (9)
This is beautiful! It belongs in a stained-glass window in some grand cathedral!
Fantastic work! 5+
lovely
I know I have appreciated your work for a while, but when I do.... I'm so, so humbled.
Outstanding work. God bless.
Beautiful, amazing colours.
I love your art !!!
Wonderful Carol!!!
Wow !
This takes to your color variations beautifully, because, among other things, you didn't just 'color' the images; you worked it so the colors would follow the natural lights and darks within the flower itelf. So they're not "red tinted" and "purple tinted," but, rather, the reds and purples are integrated into the very-patterns of the flower. And each hue creates its own special mood: The final one isn't simply "red": It seems to be a deep pink red in spots. Just as the purple has reds in it and blues. And same for the blues (top)---it even has some yellows. You've given each version quite a bit of variation. Whatever you did, you didn't create a flat re-coloring---something very easy to do (ie, flat re-coloring), and which is done more often than most of us would like to admit. You got a complete re-casting in each new color.
As for the flower itself: Man, you have so many folds in this one, it's rippling with ripples and undulating sheets that have curled into each other and formed long beautiful ridges. The top petal---center---is like a silk sheet being re-shaped by lots of variable breezes. These kind of curls fascinated Renaissance artists; da Vinci drew them all the time, to see if he could capture the infinite mystery of "folds". (Here, here's a link: da Vinci on google. Just look at the thmbnails, even if you don't look at the individual pieces: He apparently loved to explore the deep mysteries of "folds". Some of the images may be imitators---it's google---but there are real da Vincis here. Your flower reminded me of these immediately: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1457&bih=1258&ei=0CkKWpHCIerTjwT7ko3IBQ&q=da+vinci+fabric&oq=da+vinci+fabric&gs_l=img.3...976.6533.0.6644.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.0.0....0.nty_x-3rUSY)
With all these layered folds, you have a pileup of sensuous waves; and your shade on each one makes each one stand out. (Ok, another link---sorry, lol! I'm not trying to bore you, but this is relevant: The photographer Edward Weston. He also explored folds and furrows, only in vegetable photography ((on film, not digital))...Again, thumbnails---and a few might be imitators---but look at the furrows and veins and ripples. This is the kind of journey you're on, a deep exploration of the inner folds and ripples of the cosmos: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1457&bih=1258&ei=wCoKWr7TE-LajwSNpqKQDQ&q=edward+weston&oq=edward+weston&gs_l=img.3...935.3462.0.4116.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..64.img..0.0.0....0.MPCvERsMkJs)
Then: The alcohol "bubbles" make appearances, wholly welcome amidst all these furls. They're just more of the cosmic 'ooze' here, with so much emerging over and over. The ripples and bubbles of this piece, alone, are worth the picture; your shading and light is another whole layer; then the colors. This is tremendous, Carol. What you do to a poor little flower, who's sitting there sending text messages to the daisy down the block: It's been "found out," for all the cosmic power inside it, and it's thinking: "That's ME??? MOI???" This is a Carol painting if ever there was one.