Roses Are Red Painting

This painting "Roses are Red" is an original painting on 14x11 inch watercolor paper. Artist signature is on front and back of original. It is also available for purchase as a print on paper. This painting draws its inspiration from the diverse array of animal species that play a crucial role in pollinating plants, even within my own garden. From butterflies and bees to hummingbirds, beetles, lemurs, and beyond, their presence is indispensable to ecosystems worldwide. Their pollination efforts serve as a cornerstone for the survival of countless other animals and plants within their respective habitats. My work draws inspiration from the idea that everything in nature is connected to everything else. Through carefully chosen materials, and mediums, compositions begin to encompass a journey through a multitude of layers that combine unconventional methods, gradually revealing a history of spatial interpretations. I explore space and form by intertwining markings with layers of paint and subtle transparencies, leading to the intersection of abstraction and the natural world. During the painting process, I am mapping out the underlying paint layers, collage, and drawing mediums. While some of this process is predetermined, other aspects arrive organically through subtracting and adding, carving, and peeling away paper and paint to reveal earlier parts of the work. My interest in transforming discarded things into art, is indicative of my upbringing where environmental consciousness was daily practice. The resulting multi-layered two-dimensional and repurposed three-dimensional works are metaphors for survival and hope, they serve as windows into natural landscapes and urban spaces, with pollution and consumerism hanging at the edges.