Ode to Georgia 5 - Yellow Iris
by Conni Schaftenaar
Original - Sold
Price
$30
Dimensions
4.000 x 6.000 inches
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Title
Ode to Georgia 5 - Yellow Iris
Artist
Conni Schaftenaar
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Paper
Description
Yellow iris in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe, watercolor on paper, by Conni Schaftenaar.
Recently the artist guild to which I belong had as the work topic of our meeting to paint in the style of a favorite major artist. I chose Georgia, because I love to paint flowers and I LOVE her floral watercolors. I have a long way to go, so I titled this Ode to Georgia 4, and I'm doing some more to try to get just a little closer in style to this master of the medium! I hope you enjoy this and find it an acceptable first step in my quest!
I used granulating colors (a blend of Sap, Burnt Sienna, and a little Ultramarine Blue) in the background and did negative painting around some leaves and lifted out some grasses and leaves around the flower.
Reference photo was taken in my flower garden by my friend Crystal, who has generously given me permission to use her photo for paintings. The original photo was of a typical blue iris. I have used that photo for a Photoshop-manipulated image that's on my gallery called Neon Iris, and for a watercolor painting in blues and purples, also on my gallery, that's called Iris Lace. This has been a useful reference photo!
This painting is a 4x6, destined to be one of my submissions in an upcoming Postcard Salon in the Muskegon Art Museum.
UPDATE: Due to Covid in 2020, the Postcard Salon this was created for was canceled. However, this year, I submitted to another postcard exhibition in Caledonia MI, hosted by the local library, and this card, along with some others I submitted, sold! Thanks to the buyer and I hope you enjoy this glowing beauty!
Featured in:
Painting Cafe, March 2020
Flora, March 2020
Images That Excite You, March 2020
Everyday Wonder, March 2020
Exclusively Drawings & Paintings, April 2020
The Art of Watercolor, April 2020
Old Masters - Painting and Traditional Art, December 2021
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March 6th, 2020
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Comments (30)
Susan Buscho
Congratulations! Your beautiful image has been featured on 12/12/2021 in the group Old Masters - Painters and Traditional Arts! Please visit the group’s site and archive your feature in the proper Discussion thread.
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, yellow color and brilliant artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest MOSTLY YELLOW OR GOLD
Sarah Irland
I just love this painting, Conni! The beautiful Iris is painted so well and the color is just stunning!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular yellow composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the YELLOW PAINTINGS contest!
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks, Karen - the reference photo was a blue iris, but I also have yellow ones and photos to use for color reference!
Karen Kaspar
This is beautiful Conni, I have a yellow Iris in my garden. Hard to believe that your reference Iris is blue - well done! Lfv
Laurel Adams
Conni...CONGRATULATIONS on your Homepage Feature ...this is such an AMAZING watercolour! Love this!...revisiting
Conni Schaftenaar
Thanks, Laurel - I will definitely look at grouping all five of these into a package on my Etsy shop!
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