Paintings, Drawings > Paintings, 2016

Giant Red Violet Hydrangea
Giant Red Violet Hydrangea
Oil on linen
16" x20"
2016

Here, I was playing with the complementary colors, red violet and yellow green. Complementary colors help make a painting pop. I wanted to unify the teapot, the background and the shadows to simplify the piece. I'm looking to put down as little as I can to enable the eye to read the picture.