Rose ( detail)
Crab apple
Blc. Momilani Rainbow orchid
Gloriosa Lily / Flame lily
Brugmansia/Angel's Trumpet
Rosa rugosa
Lc. Bonanza Queen 'Panamint' AM/AOS
Brassia Datacosa 'Coos Bay' AM/AOS
Spotted Geranium / Geranium maculatum L.
Columbine
Butter and Eggs / Linaria vulgaris
Violets
Turf series #4
Phaleanopsis Taisuco Kochdian X Yukimi ( moth orchid)
Crocus
Nyssa sylvatica 'Red rage'
Paphiopedilum
Rosa Gallica Officinalis (Apothecary's Rose)
Lilium Sp Stargazer / Stargazer lily
Helianthus Annus (Sunflower)
Tillandsia Juncea
Sophrocattleya June Bug
Cyclamen
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Try painting for days with your nose inches away from a bloom that smells like rotting meat! What made me under those circumstances count and then render the dots on each individual flower I'll never know. Oh, I know , I was enchanted by this strange orchid with it's leopard spots and tiny orange lip. It is actually one of my favorite paintings because of the way the dramatic blooms reach forward toward the viewer. The inflorescence is painted life-size while the vegetative part is painted 1/2 size.
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