This is the first floral that I have
painted in awhile. Lately I have been doing many
petroglyph and bamboo painting so it was a nice to come back to
painting these Birds of Paradise. The leaves are somewhat
abstracted in a pattern design with varying warm colors. I
wanted to blend some elements of realism with parts of pattern
and abstraction.
Because of how well this piece turned
out I plan on making a limited edition giclee of this painting
and should be available in late January 2008. Originals of
a limited edition often become quite valuable and this painting
is an important step in my career. It is bridging my
floral paintings of the past with the geometric elements that
are part of my current petroglyph and bamboo paintings.