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Going To Seed

One of three pastel paintings of sunflowers done one hot summer. The flower heads I remember wilted within a day.

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Julie Mayser 27 Apr 2009

Strong and admirable!Great brushstrokes, good drawing,wonderful color... I particularly like how the twited petals are done, and the seed area!

Kathryn Arruda 22 Nov 2006

The sunflower bows its head shyly , beautiful still. Lovely pastel work,wonderful vibrant color, style, feeling!

Vera Harned 04 Apr 2006

Oh this is just beautiful John

Martha Yokawonis 30 Jan 2006

very dynamic strokes! feels like wind and sun at work!

Elton Houck 16 Dec 2005

the summer is over and the long night of winter is approaching.

tim linville 02 Sep 2005

A difficult model,done well:)Nice blue!

Charlotte Ottilo 25 Aug 2005

What a beautiful pastel....excellent job!

Renata Cavanaugh 20 Aug 2005

Such a lovely piece

William Boyer 14 Aug 2005

good job on all

Maggi Carstairs 17 Jul 2005

Stunning title and image..sort of feels lke me... Fantastic work

Emily Reed 20 Jun 2005

Lovely! Like a swansong.

Vivian Allen 13 Jun 2005

Great, wonderfull, spectacular use of colors!! Wonderfully created sunflower! This is a great painting!

sharon hendrickson 06 Jun 2005

Bright and cheerful even if it is about to give up it's yummy seeds :) Excellent pastel !!!

sher richardson 05 Jun 2005

a bit of VanGogh ...bold and wonderful colour use..love the style... : )

stephanie atlee 05 Jun 2005

What a wonderful drawing...very nicely done.

Christine brand 04 Jun 2005

Passion n powerful impact! there is feeling in this that many do not consider! I like your poetry and I shall make Haste! As much as the cir#@&stances allow. My heart wishes it so...ty 4 all your time n words n thoughts! CB

Karen Corcoran 04 Jun 2005

John remarkable painting.... outstanding work.

Reba McDonald 04 Jun 2005

Beautifully done John. Realistic.

heliopo Heliopo 04 Jun 2005

very well done . :o) I love sunflowers anyway. Did you painted with pastel on black Paper ? regards .heliopo-

Martha Miller 04 Jun 2005

nice colors and textures. like this very much.

Richard Finnell 04 Jun 2005

That is how my big sun flowers looked John when they were going to seed a good pastel a ten for sure.

Lili Holuta 04 Jun 2005

Just beautiful, John...It looks like a struggle more than like a flower :)...

Nira Dabush 04 Jun 2005

Beautiful work,Jhon...excellent summer's colours...excellent movement..and it feels like summer !

georgia brown 03 Jun 2005

Beautiful pastel work John!

thea walstra 03 Jun 2005

Very nice work John. Strong and appealing colors

Bluemoonshadow 03 Jun 2005

Wow, great image, John... even in wilting, the flower still holds her grace..very nice..:-)

Susan Epps 03 Jun 2005

Powerful and striking image....like it a lot, particularly the brushwork!