Wildflower From Globe, Arizona by Terry Harris

Terry Harris
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Added 07 May 2006
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Today I went on a lovely drive with my husband. We went on a scenic drive and wildflower hunting. I spotted a few of these fist sized wild flowers on the side of the road. I included a zoomed photo of the ragged, past it's prime flower that I used as a reference for this painting. I started with a blank canvas, using my wacom tablet and pen. I used Painter IX software to do this painting. Not a manipulated photo, I did every stroke on my own. I used less blending than I usually do, as I wanted the chalks to show more for this painting. I used Chalks, airbrush paints, some blending, and a little pastels for this work. This is my version of of the wildflower. You will see that I did some varation of the natural colors, the leaves are not exactly like the flowers (the wierd, thin, scrawny leaves are not the same), as well as background. I hope you like it. I saw the beauty in the weed, while others will pass on by and not see, but a weed.

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Jerry 27 Aug 2006

Superb arrangement, texture, colors and style!

Artist Reply: Thanks Jerry! I saw the wildflower's beaty and all the hardship it struggled to grow out in the desert just made it more beautiful to me.

Christine brand 12 May 2006

How Divine, How like the Creator you are, seeing beauty in the things that others would not...giving love and care to a wayside weed...ignored and abandoned, you gave it grace...How like the Savior you are...Truly a labor of love...Excellent work...it looks like a pure white poppy...I would have never known unless you told me and I saw the phto...Incredibly like Heaven.

Artist Reply: Thanks Christine! I don't need to have something perfect to see beauty of things, and have always looked past the flaws. I hope others can do it as well. I stopped to take the refference photo, I didn't notice how battered the flower was. I already knew how I wanted to paint it.