Taking a break from more complicated paintings I'm working on, I seem to have channeled my inner O'Keeffe with this one. I've heard the symbolic meaning of a petunia points to anger and frustration. Well, that would certainly be me lately, what with all the turbulence of these times we're living in. But what does it say about us as a species that we would assign such negative traits to a flower, of all things! Just sayin' . . .
For a change of pace, it's back to digital art with this painting of Lindsey Kustusch, an extraordinary artist, as she paints a landscape en plein air from a field in Hampstead Heath, London. Lindsey is also a true animal lover, and one of the nicest, kindest people you'll ever meet, if you are so lucky.
Well, this little ditty took way longer than I thought it would, even as I simplified the scene quite a bit. The orange sky was from the fires in August that the lightning strikes sparked, lending a surreal quality to atmosphere.
