Dwarf Hibiscus

[vandra]

This is a dwarf hibiscus inspired by a photograph I took in our garden. I really struggled with the light in this painting. I may have made it too dark. The original photo had lots of bokeh effects which, I felt, just didn't fit with the painting.
Like Javier I have also spent some time recently with photography and have a gallery over at Flickr. If you would like to look you will see the photo used as a reference for this painting. https://www.flickr.com/photos/vandradesigns/

[Enug]

A very vibrant image - I like the flowing sweeps of colour on the petals.

[Marilyn Anne]

Lovely flower and beautiful gallery of work. So many subjects and inspirations for paintings. Very nice.

[gxhpainter2]

Vandra, a beautiful painting I love the composition and the delicate articulation of color and shapes to the petals.. :)

[vandra]

Thank you Enug, Marilyn Anne and gxhpainter.

[justjean]

Gorgeous colours on this beauty, Vandra. I enjoyed visiting your flicker site and the great photos particulary loved the water pump :):):)

[pai]

Stunning. So real. Great painting :)

[vandra]

Thank you justjean and Pai.

justjean, I wanted to paint the water pump and I played with just a couple of filters on the photograph, and decided that I like this version too :)

[coops]

Wow Vandra what a beautiful painting, cant wait to get out in the garden and start planting:)

[Hebron]

Wow! This is nice. Just absolutely nice.

[vandra]

Thank you coops & Hebron :)

[D Akey]

Wow. I guess I missed this beauty. Reminds me of garden fireworks! Beautiful painting. Love it. :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

[vandra]

Thank you D.Akey Glad you like it :)