Peace Rose Painting – Botanical Art – Karen Winters
Peace Rose Painting
8 x 10 oil on canvas
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Here’s another in my rose series – this time a close up in a more realistic style. I love impressionism, but I wanted to challenge myself to do a more realistic painting from life, and this was the result.
Now for the taggage
5. When I was growing up we moved so many times (I can remember at least 6 elementary school and class changes) that books became my most constant and dependable companions. National Geographics – some of them decades older than I was – were among the most interesting. Almost without realizing it, I learned countless names of animals, plants, seashells and wildflowers from the colorful plates that accompanied each edition. When a magazine would come that was filled with paintings from some great museum, I would look at it for hours. (Yes, I was a bit of a bookworm. Still am.)
My mother was a plant lover and from her I learned the names of all the roses she cultivated: Chrysler Imperial, Love, Cherish, Honor, Peace, Mister Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth, Sutter’s Gold. Each colorful name brought stories to mind. When I visit the Descanso Gardens Rosarium and look at the labels of the roses in bloom, it’s like seeing old friends … ever new, ever fresh, ever young.
Below: starting this painting on a toned canvas.
Hi Karen,
What a beautiful painting of the Peace Rose. I publish a university newsletter and have been searching the interet for a picture of the peace rose for this month’s cover and this one is by far the nicest image I found. May I have permission to use this image for my newsletter?
Warmly,
Yvonne
I was so pleased to see your painting of my favorite rose, the Peace Rose. I have to say I could almost smell it! Thank you for sharing your gift.
It’s a really great picture, you’re very talented!