Showing posts with label violet flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label violet flowers. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Mystery Bin Orchids

"
Picked up this plant from the bargain bench of a local nursery - no label, no suggestion as to it's heritage. Two years later I was rewarded with profuse blooms of violet and chocolate, about 2 1/2 inches across and having a faint sweet-peppery fragrance early in the morning. Here, the indigo sky of morning before sunrise emphasizes their moody colors, lending to their mystery. Love them. . . "
- Nancy Boudreau


This is a 5" x 7" acrylic painting on gessoed and lovlingly textured mat board. Sealed with a gloss clear coat and delivered in a cream-colored 8" x 10" mat, ready for framing. The text above is handwritten by the artist on the back of the painting. This is part of an ongoing series of small works, paintings with prose and poetry, that was started in June 2007.






Monday, October 1, 2007

Nicks Gift


What is
this mystery plant with the beautiful flowers and amazing leaves? The leaves have soft bristles like an african violet, the undersides are a deep purple. The firecracker shaped flowers have no scent and emanate from the stem in groups of six.
- Nancy Boudreau


5" x 7" acrylic painting on gessoed mat board
signed, dated and comments on the back