Painting Peonies

May 20, 2019

Practically my whole life I've witnessed a beautiful array of red, pink, and white peonies in the backyard of my grandmother's house.  The same beautiful flowers pop out every year.  And even though my grandmother is no longer living, these flowers continue to make an appearance each spring.  My mother, who lives in that same house, dutifully cares for the flowers that my grandmother planted and loved so long ago.  This particular year, I was inspired to do a painting of peonies for the first time. 

Photo of peonies by Rick Osborn Artist

 

As is the norm, I began on a red background on a 24x24 inch gallery wrapped canvas.

Start of painting of peonies on red background

I then began to work the canvas and add greens, reds, pinks, and whites to formulate the image.

Currently, this is where I am with the painting. I will publish the final version when I'm Image of partially completed painting of peonies.

Painting of red and pink peonies by Rick Osborn

done.