Blue Sunday Sunflowers and Larkspur by Texas Artist Nancy Medina

Blue Sunday Sunflowers and Larkspur
by Nancy Medina

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16X20
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
Nancy Medina Web Site

Blue Sunday Sunflowers and Larkspur is the newest painting in the studio. I wanted to experiment with different canvas surfaces for the transparent background, to see if I could get more of a feel of soft edges, but with bright color in key spots. I painted this one much, much more quickly than I painted the sunflowers in my post yesterday. Why? This canvas cost a fraction of the linen boards I usually use (you can find them by googling New Traditions Art Panels). This was just a plain old cotton canvas, double gessoed and primed with a thin coating of raw umber. If I tell myself what I am working on doesn't have to be good, I tend to end up with a better painting. I have no idea at all why that is the case but I bet there is a counselor out there who has some suggestions...