Baton Rouge Flowers Acrylic Painting

In Baton Rouge Flowers, I tried to go outside my normal painting style. I also tried to go outside my typical palette. There’s actually 2 extra layers of paint because I was just not happy with the 1st and 2nd versions of this particular painting, so I just painted over the parts I felt were too weak or confusing.

If there’s any advice I could give to novice painters, it’s this; Keep painting until you are happy with the final look. You can always erase, add-on, paint over, or hide any perceived imperfections.

Any guy can buy any girl flowers, and that’s generally what passes for romanticism these days. From my life experiences, I’ve realized that every girl has a favorite, specific flower that makes them smile just a little bit more. She was not your typical girl. She hated receiving flowers because they were too expensive for their lifespan and they eventually died. She’d rather use the “wasted” money on something else. Regardless of her stand on the subject I managed to find one that she liked, and I was planning to surprise her. The problem was that this particular flower was not in season at the time. I had visited every florist within a 20 mile radius and the best I could do was a special rush order, which cost a bit more and was not guaranteed to arrive on time. So I took the chance…

I wholeheartedly believe she loved them and that moment will forever be etched in my memory. I know all flowers die eventually. So I took it one step further and immortalized those flowers into a painting. Before you is the finished product.

 

Baton Rouge Flowers

18w x 24h
Acryllic on Canvas
August 2009

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