So happy that Sunburst found a new home! Lovely couple from Seattle came in to Whatcom Art Market and loved the unique design painted with petals from dahlia and black eyed Susan. Made my heart happy ❤️
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The beauty of the dahlia has captured my imagination. The color wheel is built right in – reds and yellows, purples with white, and all manner of pinks and orange that create a beautiful palette for Painting with Petals.
I discovered a new adhesive. You all know I suffer from adhesions – sometimes getting glued to my own self. This is acrylic medium glossy and I loved it. Some change in the petals occurred after this photo but much less than using a water based adhesive.
It’s going into a frame and will be available at Whatcom Art Market tomorrow morning. An explosion of Fireworks Dahlia
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It all started in a garden
Then a lady came along and picked a dazzling fireworks Dahlia
She scanned it and photographed it multiple times. She filtered and posted and delighted the world
She dried it for weeks until it became kind of sad looking but she saw great potential
She unwrapped a canvas covered in burlap. She applied layers of aerosol adhesive and began plucking the sad looking petals and placing them in a design onto the canvas until a pattern developed. She said it was her favorite so far – but she says that every time. She said it looks like a dream catcher. He said it looks like fireworks. And the other he said it looks like an explosion.
She will let it sit and ponder what it will become — sleep on it dreaming of delightful ideas and share them with the world.
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Straw flower, Chilean fire tree bud, and a variety of petals and leaves pressed and scanned.
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A scanned floral arrangement of pretty pink cosmos flowers pressed and dried
Strength. Resilience. Brilliance.
Painted by hand and petal –
Hydrangea. Hibiscus. Geranium. Crocus. Croscosmia.
Mosaic. Collage. Petals as Paint.
Thank you to all the people who’ve put a little sunflower in their lives!
The most recent went to my very nice friend Nancy, who stopped by the Whatcom Art Market and rescued one for her beautiful garden… or maybe for inside her home as a reminder of her garden as the days shorten and the seasons change!
I love their whimsical styling. These are a Refind of fishing cork, pine cone scales, acorns, upholstery tacks, antique lighting pieces and stems made of iron pipes.
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Here is a set made for a gift
Dahlia and Cowgirl — so fun to make ?
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Coming to the Whatcom Art Market ?
handmade paper and pressed petals – these are just two of my favorite things!!
