Flower of Dreams......

      As the Roses in the garden are coming to an end, I picked a couple before the rain soaked the petals, as one was already beginning to fall...

     Starting with the centre of one, no pre drawing, just pigment & water, I stopped looking at the flower in my hand and merrily carried on painting....I was in another world for a while and my imagination did the rest. I think they still have a resemblance of Roses, but for me they are more of a flower of dreams

French Roses....

This was another painting done on my recent trip to France. White roses picked from the garden of the Gite where we stayed.

Starting from the centre of one rose I worked outwards developing each petal as I went, adding foliage along the way. By turning the rose in my hand I could get different views. I prefer to work this way with flowers rather than draw them first, they have a different kind of freedom with a more natural look.

They were actually white roses, but I decided to add colour to them, after all, white isn't always white.