My Beautiful Amaryllis
I have a beautiful amaryllis that continues to surprise me with blooms...
...this most recent beauty opened on Monday.
To have the bulb flower again was a surprise, because it bloomed three times last year, and I thought the bulb was pretty depleted and would need another growing season before it was recharged enough to grace our home with another beautiful flower.
I painted one of its flowers last year, and this weekend when deciding which paintings to include in my new exhibition, I knew this one had to be part of the show. I just love this painting, for its brightness and free brushstrokes. The reds and greens are so lush in real life and it is a constant reminder of how bountiful nature is when sharing its beauty.
The painting was also framed in a new silver frame, and I really like how it has brightened the whole painting up more, before it had been in a dark frame with a gold lip, very respectful, but now there is a lightness to the way it hangs that I am really digging...
{14" x 14" (35.6 x 35.6 cm) with frame}
This is a painting from my Bountiful Observations series, with 25% of the net proceeds of each sale being donated to the American Horticultural Society.
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