Saturday, April 1, 2017
African Violet
My dad used to create beautiful pottery which I have two pieces that I proudly display in my home. One of those pieces is a pot for a plant that has a balanced mixture of robin's egg blue and clay. In this pot, my African Violet just thrives, although I don't know how. It seems to bloom non-stop yet I don't do much but give it water once in awhile. I love the combination of earthy colors of the pot with the cheerful pink of the flowers and thought it needed it's own painting to celebrate it. Originally I was going to submit this painting to my first public display with the city of Beaverton, but I liked how it turned out I couldn't give it up. It's now sitting in my office area at work. The background was a little plain, but I happened to have gel bead paint to give it some texture.
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