A quick painting

Last night, I started and finished a painting. It was a quick painting and when I finally sat back to look at it when I was finished, I said out loud, that's not a bad little painting. And the morning after I completed it, I am still tremendously happy with the results. I took the basic idea from a painting I did in college. I have worked with roses and their form for years now and the idea never ceases to inspire me. The rose paintings began out of a few things, but mainly Islamic art. I am fascinated with the idea of the spiral the rose creates as well as the flower's changes as it opens up. In this painting, I chose to show the rose at three different stages, ending with the full blossoming of the flower. I feel that I am beginning to think more about brush stroke and different ways of applying the paint. I feel that this painting, done in acrylic, gave me some sort of freedom. Perhaps the fact that it was a fast painting also played a part. Typically, I work in oils and although I love the look and feel of the oils, the acrylic is much lighter and more transparent. I feel that this painting brought me to a different sort of place with my painting and I like that very much.