No. 414 Midnight Tulip with Fortuny

 

 

 

Midnight Tulip with Fortuny

Oil on Gessobord

7" x 5"

 

 

The shapes in this Fortuny fabric seemed a perfect compliment to this deep purple tulip.

 

 

Happy Easter everyone!

 

No. 399 The Hellebore Series #4 and a Little Fortuny

The Hellebore Series #4 and a Little Fortuny

Oil on Canvas Board

7" x 5"

One of my two favorites in the Hellebore Series. I finally figured out my upload issue! The above version is much closer to what I wanted. The version below is what I posted last night. It turns out Picasa has an auto adjust feature I wasn't aware of. Since any photo placed in a Blogger blog is processed through Picasa it didn't matter how I uploaded it. This is the first time I've had an issue so in most cases it must work fine.

The background in this painting is a rich burgandy black. I tried to upload the photo, which looked great on my Ipad, with three different programs. Each time it lightened the whole image, especially the background. Honestly! (I throw my hands up in extreme frustration) I'm giving up and going to bed.

No. 396 Fabulous Fortuny #1

Fabulous Fortuny #1

Oil on Gessobord

7" x 5"

A little over a month ago my friend Renee invited me to a talk on Fortuny at the Bellevue Art Museum . This talk was in conjunction with an exhibit of  Isabelle de Borchgrave's work inspired by Mariano Fortuny's fashion designs and textiles. It was a beautiful exhibit, an interesting talk and all in all very inspiring. 

Elizabeth had been encouraging me to incorporate fabric patterns into my still life for quite awhile. These gorgeous fabrics seemed to be just the ticket. Fortuny fabric is made in Venice with a top secret process. In other words, it doesn't come cheap and isn't sold to the general public. So how to get some? Thank you Ebay!  I now own a 8 1/2" x 11" swatch of Fortuny fabric.

The only problem now is finding still life props elegant enough to hold their own next to the Fortuny...