NEW FLORAL PAINTINGS: ‘GROW’ COLLECTION
These new floral paintings in the ‘Grow’ collection are not just about flowers. Although I love to be surrounded by their beauty. It is actually about us. About growing and learning and living our best lives.
We never stop growing.
At least, I hope not. I want to continue to grow to be a kinder, more genuine person every day. I want to learn something new each day, challenge my mind, and discover something interesting I didn’t know about the day before. Therefore, this new art collection of floral paintings symbolizes that desire for growth.
Plus, I just love flowers.
My mom was a florist when I was growing up. When I was old enough to drive, I would make flower deliveries at busy times like Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day. I loved walking into the shop and immediately smelling the fresh flowers. I still buy flowers from the grocery store every week and love to have fresh flowers around my house. However, I don’t paint them often, just a couple of times a year.
‘Garden Song’ and ‘Petals of Happiness’ 12 x 12 and 8 x 8. © 2023 Pamela Wingard
But since it’s spring, my mind is on painting florals.
As I painted this new floral collection, I focused on varying the flowers and sizes but keeping the palette softer than my usual palette. In order to do that, I kept some of the colors a bit greyed down to allow the other colors to pop. Because I painted this collection of smalls and mediums over a few weeks, you can see that some are looser and some more technically accurate. It’s fun to experiment with smaller works, and mixing up the level of ‘looseness’ was a way to challenge my creativity.
These new ‘Grow’ floral paintings are available on my website today, Friday, April 7, at 10 am et.
‘Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.’
Mary Tyler Moore
Want to read more about my florals? Or see the new collection?