Cabana Plant, 2024

"Cabana Plant" takes us to the tropics on an inspirational and imaginative journey. With it's vibrant palette of colors and exotic array of pinks, a warm, vacation-like feeling is conveyed. Expressive strokes of the brush and saturated colors in p...

"Cabana Plant" takes us to the tropics on an inspirational and imaginative journey. With it's vibrant palette of colors and exotic array of pinks, a warm, vacation-like feeling is conveyed. Expressive strokes of the brush and saturated colors in pink, green, purple, violet, indigo blue and white become a magical mix in this simple, distinctive painting. A strong circular motion keeps the composition moving drawing the eye back again to the organic beauty of the plant and it's lively nature. The painting was inspired by a simple potted plant and it's beautiful variegated leaves that blended both green and deep fuschia hues together. As I became engrossed in the process I found myself traveling in my imagination to a tropical island with beautiful cabanas and a soft breeze under a warm gentle sun. Exaggerating the use of pink seemed fitting to the dream.