Tuesday 15 December 2015

Christmas Flower

6"x6" Oil on gessoboard
$50+s/h


The Daily Paintworks challenge this week is called Quick Christmas challenge. I haven't entered a painting for a long time and wanted to use a palette knife and have a bit of fun...so here is mine! It is the flower from the New Zealand native coastal Pohutukawa tree...it flowers from November until January and is known as our Christmas Tree.

4 comments:

  1. This is beautiful Karen! you've done a great job with the palette knife. What a lovely native Christmas tree. I am planning to photograph one of our native Christmas trees to post. Ours is fluorescent orange!

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    1. Thanks Wendy. They are lovely vibrant flowers, but I like the sound of fluorescent orange!!

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  2. This is great Karen! What a lovely, richly coloured flower to have as a Christmas Tree. Really like the textural feel you've captured!

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    1. Thanks Helen.Yes our trees look beautiful when they are in flower. I am enjoying playing around with the palette knife, but a looong way to go before I feel comfortable with it!!

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