A friend had searched high and low for a birthday card, with a picture of a gladioli on the front, for her best friend's 60th birthday. She asked if I could paint a picture of a gladioli for her, then scan and print it onto a card. I discovered that gladioli do not bloom until late July/August and as the card was needed by mid-July, it was very difficult to get live specimens. I remembered when I was a little girl that my mother always had gladioli, either in the garden or in a vase in the house, but I had not reflected on their beauty for some years. My neighbour (the one with the orchids and lilies) offered me his encyclopedia of flowers which contained a lot of small photographs of varying specimens. I searched the internet for close-ups and studied them on the screen. This is my first ever floral painting in which I have not used a live specimen. You will form your own opinion about the picture - with only limited resources, I like it!
GICLEE PRINTS
Red Gladioli, P0902, A3. 10 Limited Edition Prints. (10 available).
£35 each. Unmounted, unframed print only, on fine art media + £5 postage & packing.
ORIGINAL WATER COLOUR, July 2009, unframed, unmounted, 100% cotton rag acid free paper, 9" x 12", £150 + £5 p&p:
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