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Extravagance - Oil Paintingby ~Artman225

Traditional Art / Paintings / Still Life

40" x 40"
Oil on canvas

This is my favorite rose to date. The inspiration for this piece was the rose itself! It's a multi-colored rose, and I haven't really put forth much effort in doing one before, so I'm pleased with this one. I worked somewhat more loosely than I normally do with roses, focusing more on contrast between light and dark and the colors themselves and not so much on details.

Why do I paint roses so much?
I feel that, as I draw and paint them on canvas, they're like puzzles. The petals have to fit together perfectly or the flower looks completely wrong. I think this differs from other flowers because many of them can have petals added or detracted without anyone noticing something wrong. As I paint the rose, I paint in a way that feels most natural to me, beginning in the center and radiating outward, similar to how the rose opens.

If you have any questions, please ask!

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*RebeccaTripp Apr 23, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Hello! I'm making a series of art videos about flowers, and I was wondering if I could include this piece in one of my videos. It would be set to an original classical-style composition (by me) about this flower. I'll be sure to credit you and link to your page if you say yes.

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~Artman225 Apr 23, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

That's fine. Thanks for including my pieces.

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*RebeccaTripp Apr 24, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

^_^ They're wonderful.

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*GreenMusic Jan 4, 2012

It is so soft and tender and the colours are so harmonic. GREAT!!!

~Artman225 Jan 5, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Thank you!

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*CarolynYM Sep 23, 2011

Lovely

~Artman225 Sep 23, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

Thank you!

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*Ina-Fahlsten Sep 9, 2011 General Artist

wow, i thought this was a photo from the thumbnail!
amazing work!

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~Artman225 Sep 9, 2011 Student Traditional Artist

Thank you!

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*weida34 Aug 12, 2011 Hobbyist

wow, this is extremely well done! beautiful

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