Birds of Paradise
June 15th, 2007
Bird of Paradise, also known as Strelitzia (Strelitzia Reginae), have always been my favourite flower, even though the home-grown ones don’t do very well and refuse to flower.
So, I made my own. Not necessarily a biologically accurate image, more like how I would want my home-grown to be. Also not quite the masterpiece I had in mind, but I like it nevertheless, and I hope so do you.
Strelitzia. Oil on canvas, 16×20". Medium: turpentine and dammar.
June 2006.
Click here or on the little picture on the left to unveil the real thing.