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Mountain Flower

(2 of 2)

Acrylic on 16" x 20" (1.5) canvas

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This is the second painting of this Mountain Flower set (the first was posted yesterday). Both paintings are the same size with one being displayed vertically and this one horizontally side by side. The first painting showcases the beauty and uniqueness of the Columbine flower and the second painting emphasizes the beauty of the grouping of these flowers in a natural setting. Isn't it neat to see how great they all look together, yet each one is so unique and different.

Once again I was working from photos that Amy had given me. As I worked on this second painting with a brush in hand, my hand literally danced across the canvas painting these flowers. It left a feeling of these flowers being alive in this outdoor Colorado setting with the beauty of the sun brightly shining and a bit of a breeze blowing through the flowers.

Amy loves the outdoors. This was a camping trip that she went on with a group of friends, one of those being her dad. They have all the camping gear for this sort of a thing and spent a week hiking in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and sleeping on the snow! She commissioned me to paint my artistic interpretation of these Columbine flowers, which will now hang in her home and be a remembrance of this trip and the outdoors that she loves so much. Thank you, Amy!!

Daily Abstract Painter Elizabeth Chapman

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Mountain Flower

Contemporary Abstract Floral

Acrylic on 20" x 16" (1.5) canvas

( 1 of 2)

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for commissions please contact: Elizabeth

This is the first painting of a set of two that I have recently done as a commissioned piece. (I will post the second one tomorrow) Inspired by a camping trip to the mountains in Colorado, Amy gave me some photos of a favorite flower of hers the Columbine. Other than just giving me an idea of the size of the format, she pretty much just turned me lose to paint my own expression of how I saw these flowers.

The colors are an exaggeration of the actual colors of the photograph, a meeting of the abstract and realistic styles. As I have had a few days to just simply enjoy the finished paintings, I have pondered the thought of how each of us has a unique expression .....that is beautiful in the eyes of the Creator. It is a gift that is given in order to fulfill the purpose of your life bringing it to light and allowing it to shine that others may see and know as well.

Daily Abstract Painter Elizabeth Chapman