When the moon blooms
Like a flower in the night
~ Mark Heard
Like a flower in the night
~ Mark Heard
I’ve always been fascinated with moonflowers … they’re evening/night blooming flowers. Unfortunately, I’ve already killed my moonflower seedlings for this year. I let them get chilled. They have to be kept really warm. I’ll have to settle with painting them.
This is a 6″ x 6″ hand stretched 11 ounce canvas with 2 1/2″ sides (I’ll put up a tutorial on how to make these soon). I love the chunkiness of it. I lightly gessoed the canvas. Too much gesso and any watery paint will just pool on the surface. This way, the canvas stays matte and a bit porous and it’s more like working on watercolor paper.
I made this for our new neighbors. We live in the country and have been smack in the middle of 40 acres for years. We finally have a neighbor, almost within shouting distance … a nice family with little kids. Anyway, this is on a 5″ x 5″ hand stretched 7 ounce canvas with 1″ sides. I kind of like working small sometimes.
It needs … something. It doesn’t seem finished. The spiral shape is also know as a golden spiral … It’s on a 12″ x 12″ hand stretched 11 ounce canvas with 2 1/2″ sides. I’ve used tinted and untinted gel medium as a resist here.
