Original artwork description:

A dried branch with seed pods of the honesty plant inspired this work. The autumn light through the studio windows illuminated the translucent pods, sparking a series of sketches and studies. I selected three small canvases that I had previously prepared with an imprimatura in primary colors. This is no.3: On this bright yellow canvas, the windows are only visible in planes of color, but the transparent seed pods are painted in great detail. As I painted the seed pods and refined the details, I kept pondering the plant’s curious names: in Dutch Judaspenning — Judas’ coins, a symbol of betrayal — while in English simply Honesty.

Materials used:

oilpaints, acrylic underpainting on a canvas of rough linen

Tags:

#flower #autumn #sunlight #delicate #still #live #lemon yellow #colourful abstract #glowing #clarity #translucent #playfull #vulnearability #blowing away #fragile beauty