Friday, September 11, 2015

PLANT LIFE - MALE NO. 3



While sorting out my little art room over the long weekend, I found two paintings that were unfinished - both will fit the series I'm working on for the "male" versions.  So I have to find more "female" versions of plant life to paint.  I do have one I'm working on right now so stay tuned for that...

This one =

Half sheet (15 x 22 inches) Arches 140# cold press


Plant Life:  Male No. 3




And, biologically, I know that a flower has both male and female parts but I'm just going on the obvious (or not so obvious) shapes to guide whether I call these male or female plants :)  Hope no one is offended but gets the humor - it worked for Georgia O'Keeffe, didn't it?  Of course, she wasn't happy and always said others saw things in her macro flowers that were NOT there (and sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, Sigmund!)


10 comments:

Sadami said...

Oh, work is soo beatuiful, especially colours, Rhonda! Hahahaha! Thank you, I could laugh well with your post. Yes, both of us are interested in Gerogia. Best wishes, Sadami

debwardart said...

I like this series! Good job!

Autumn Leaves said...

This is one of my favorites of your paintings to date, Rhonda! The color saturation is phenomenal! And I love the sense of humor (I am a dirty girl, I guess). Made me smile this morning for sure. Not an O'Keefe fan at all but do like what you are doing here.

Alice Jo Webb said...

Holy smokes, Batman! The hot reds in this are D-licious! Really nice work, Rhonda. I want...

RH Carpenter said...

Thanks, Sadami, Deb, and Sherry :)

Thanks, Alice Jo!

Jennifer Rose said...

the colours on this are amazing :) really reminds me of someone (its a good thing in my book at least), just can't remember who...need to do some more art history studying again :p

not offended at all by the humour :)

Christiane Kingsley said...

I love this painting, Rhonda.

RH Carpenter said...

Thank you, Jennifer Rose and Christiane :)

http://carolking.wordpress.com said...

I love the delicate colors in the white flower and the bolder colors in the background and leaves.

RH Carpenter said...

Thanks, Carol :) Really like your last painting - totally not something I'd paint but you do it so well.