Colorfull

This is a painting that I have just completed for an AWT exibition in July 2009. My inspiration for this painting occured when I brought this bunch of colorfull roses. My design strategy was to simplifly the values and colors of the background to contrast with the bright colors of the roses. I used a limited palette of titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue, paynes grey, cadmium red deep and cadmium red light. The roses and crystal vase was done in a loosely fashion. It was a challenge to capture the reflected light on the crystal vase.