Friday, November 11, 2011

Aaah Beauty, so hard to capture.

Have been having an enforced break from painting and having a little trouble getting back into the groove.This one is for a lovely friend Marcia who brings me goodies in hospital and who turned up the other day after I got home, with some gorgeous epiphyte flowers. They only last a day but were very lovely.

I thought the quote was appropriate because for most of the year the plant is a bunch of succulent, bare stems and no one could imagine such a large, soft, fragile and beautiful flower springing from it, frustratingly difficult to paint though.

3 comments:

  1. Is it what they call a 'Christmas cactus'? I'm always amazed at cactus flowers too - they're so rewarding to grow. Lovely colours, and it looks 3-D wihtout losing its freshness. Hope to see lots more from you soon.
    Thanks for your Murdoch headline, it was perfect!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lovely. And I am taking some comfort (on a personal level) from the words too.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hey Murr...works for me but the other way 'round.
    Yeh Gay, thought it was about time your blog had some 'adult' content.

    ReplyDelete