I buy flowers for the house every week. This week there was a pink bouquet featuring a protea flower.
Protea, roses, lilies, and another pink flower plus some bending branches.
I am starting another group of paintings on exotic and other hardwoods like cherry and maple. The secret to seeing the wood is a clear gesso. It allows the wood to be painted on while seeing some of the wood grain underneath.
Look for another blog post with some of the new paintings soon!