Monday, April 14, 2008

The foxglove and the Bees

I started this painting last year. 
I made prints of just one stem. 
It took forever but I loved it. 
I never sold many prints and decided 
to work on the design of the painting.
After doing a lot of thumbnail drawings.
The selected design had me adding a few
more stems. Then I added little insects, the bees. 
I needed some life form in the top area and had 
considered , butterflies or hummingbirds. 
But I loved the detail of the flowers and
 did not want your eyes to be focused on 
something else. I am really happy with the outcome.

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