Sunday, March 4, 2012

Everyone loves Sunflowers!

Started a new series of sunflower paintings this week. March is Vincent Van Gogh's birthday and so it is only fitting that I paint sunflowers this month in homage to that brilliant man and his work. I don't know what it is, but everyone loves sunflowers. I read in Greek mythology that there was once a water nymph who fell in love with Apollo (the god of the sun). She was so in love with him that she sat on the ground and stared up at him endlessly all day long. The tragedy is, Apollo never noticed her. But the other gods noticed and they took pity on her so they turned her into a sunflower. That is the reason why the sunflower always follows the path of the sun across the sky - she never wants to lose sight of her lover. 

Ha, and people think roses are romantic! Sunflowers have them beat, I'd say :)

"Red Sunflowers" 20"h x 16"w, acrylic on wood

"Sunflowers in Vase" 20"h x 16" w, acrylic on wood

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