Everything about it is exquisite! The composition, the angles crisscrossing the canvas and the strong representation of the details of the fern are excellent. I can see how strong you’re becoming in your knowledge of the painterly aspects, the how to’s of wielding your tools and your medium. And I’m noticing you are shifting some of your attention to flowers and plants as the main subjects of your paintings.
Your use of light and dark is becoming bolder and stronger in it’s execution and yet the effect is very gentle and nuanced. The light and dark areas of your fern are subtle and diffused giving the painting a serene feel. Yet the way you’re working on the darker background shows the importance you give to it. It doesn’t just serve as a backdrop. It also has very subtle depictions of light and color within itself and an integral part of the painting. You always give your backgrounds equal attention which serves to give your scenes depth and richness. Nothing in your paintings are unimportant to the main subject. Every part of the of the canvas is treated as essential to the whole painting.
I’m excited that you’re interested in exploring flowers. Your paintings remind me of Georgia O’Keefe’s in the way she zeroed in on the heart of the flowers, letting all the edges run off the canvas so your viewer’s eye is invited to travel off and back on the canvas with the gentle curves of the petals. Your use of color throughout the entire canvas is exceptional as well. I like that your focus on the natural architecture of Nature is including the soft roundness of flowers and plants. You have a innate ease in depicting natural shapes. I will thoroughly enjoy looking at your flowers too because you are putting your attention on them now!
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