Karen K Lewis
Bouquet Decay no.2 - Fading Beauty
2020
Oil
30 x 30 in.
$1800 (SOLD)
Last February, I painted a joyous still life of a lovely bouquet my husband received for his 90th birthday.
When the flowers began to die, they were lovely in a different way, so I painted them again.
Meanwhile, the pandemic struck and the lock-down began.
Isolated in my studio, I kept painting, and the flowers kept dying.
I turned the bouquet around and painted it yet again.
This poignant beauty of something once gorgeous but now fading, I saw as a visual metaphor for our country’s current state.
I named the series Bouquet Decay.
KKL August 2020
Bouquet Decay no.2 - Fading Beauty
2020
Oil
30 x 30 in.
$1800 (SOLD)
Last February, I painted a joyous still life of a lovely bouquet my husband received for his 90th birthday.
When the flowers began to die, they were lovely in a different way, so I painted them again.
Meanwhile, the pandemic struck and the lock-down began.
Isolated in my studio, I kept painting, and the flowers kept dying.
I turned the bouquet around and painted it yet again.
This poignant beauty of something once gorgeous but now fading, I saw as a visual metaphor for our country’s current state.
I named the series Bouquet Decay.
KKL August 2020