Floral Painting

This is a painting on paper made in 2001. I made many florals on paper for a period of time with only a very few left and unsold or not shown - as exploring the positive and negative space and working with color in a very free way led to discoveries about the picture plane and articulating three dimensional objects in nature working directly from them, on the flat plane and always without fail, surprised me. The freedom of flowers in color and shape and position as one is observing them directly lets paint and painting explore all aspects of drawing and painting - there is just such open exploration possible.