Fairies in my Back Yard
There are creatures among us who live without drama or distraction, who manage to make the world eve...
Fairy Iris
You will find these everywhere in the San Diego Area. We have a rather glorious bush of them growing next to the house, and I've always wanted to paint them. So I did.
Dietes grandiflora (large wild iris, fairy iris) is actually native to South Africa, and in some parts of Australia is considered a weed. A horribly beautiful weed.
I often fall back to the technical constraints of my airbrush days, roping in the freedom of the water on the paper, bending it to my will in more of a technical illustrative style, losing a lot of expressive freedom in the process. Sometimes I hit somewhere in between, which is where I think Fairy Iris landed.
Similar Paintings
O.B. Closeout
A moment at one of my favorite beach breaks, Ocean Beach, the Dog Beach end, in San Diego. There are...
Searching for Fairies
A friend posted this on Facebook and I told her, "I simply must paint this." So I did. The...
Vortex
A breaking wave holds almost more beauty beneath than from above. The chaos and power that brings a ...