Astromelia and Phlox
oil on canvas 24x20
The Astromelia is commonly called a Peruvian Lily. It is found in florist bouquets a lot. I suspect because it is so lovely and lasts a long time as a picked flower. This painting was designed primarily as a commissioned piece, based loosely on another painting I did a while back. My client liked the colors and "feel" of the first painting but needed something larger and horizontal rather than vertical. Because I rarely paint from photos...some of the variety of flowers that are in the first painting were not available for this painting so I selected some similar varieties and opted to focus on color palette and mood of the painting to recreate a similar piece for her. I hope she likes it....if not it's ok, I enjoyed painting it!
