Friday, January 18, 2013

Iris variety #101


     These flowers have a very unusual arrangement of petals... they look awkward, but that's the way they grow....  I googled iris to see what variety they are and found there are hundreds of different ones !  I was really only familiar with the hybrid ones I've grown and the Siberian and Japanese ones.... who knew?

11 comments:

  1. This is such a wonderful piece! Personally, I have a special affection for purple flowers, so it appeals to me for the colors, but also the composition and the way you did the glass are so good! Congratulations! This is a wow piece!

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  2. thanks so much, Katherine.... what a nice comment !

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  3. thanks, Kelly.... the vase caught my eye at Goodwill the other day... I really liked the shape.

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  4. such nice color, Sandy!
    Thanks for leaving that great comment on my facebook page, could never get back to it somehow...

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  5. thanks Margaret and Jean.... appreciate your sweet words..

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  6. I don't care what variety they are... they are simply gorgeous. I love the color!

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  7. thanks to all.... I thought these were hard to paint because they have such an odd arrangement of the petals. I appreciate the words of encouragement....

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  8. Beautiful Sandy I like this bleue violet of these irises...Do you know that these beautiful flowers are the emblematic flower for the Quebec Province, in Canada where I live ,thet grow everywhere near marshes here because they are aquatic flowers...Congratulations Sandy

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  9. thanks, Andree... I did not know that. They are a challenge to paint, and they only lasted about one day before they were no longer respectable looking enough to pose for another painting... ha !

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