Ranunculus Flower by Rose Elaine

Suspend your disbelief for a moment. Consider the possibility that this painting began with the bulb of Ranunculus flower that was planted, and it grew but instead in a pot or a garden; it grew on canvas with thick acrylic paints and crisp lines rather than soft petals and sweet scents.  It's beautiful, nonetheless, and it captures the essence of love and attraction with its medley of emotions and the excitement you feel when something is new.  A mixture of hues pink and white swirls with an ever so slight dash of yellow that you pause and question that it exists.  Like your first love filled the uncertainty of reciprocity.

Rose Elaine masterfully creates a connection with nature and draws you in for more than just a moment.  You want to look at her work with questioning eyes and think and dream and remember.

Rose Elaine's work found on Fine Art America, Amazon.com, Facebook and her website roseelainepublishing.com. 

Purple Flowers by Rose Elaine

Your eyes dart from one side of the painting to the other, as you are compelled to search the art and look for clues. Your eyes move in the same motion Allium Flowers move in the wind on a summer day. The artwork evokes a feeling, expresses a mood, and we are enticed to look some more. You are captivated by the transparencies; You notice the violet hues ranging from dark to light, and the touch of detail that is present amid an impressionistic scene. The green of the plants leaves gound you, and you feel that even now in the middle of the abstraction, things will be ok. 

Rose Elaine's artwork is a vacation; it removes you from stress; her work becomes a necessity and will bring you back day after day if only for a moment to breath to sit and smile and feel refreshed. 

Rose Elaine's work is now on display at CarlatheCurator's facebook page, and her website roseelainepublishing.com. Purchase prints of her work at Fine Art America or a Journal with this image at Purple Flowers Gratitude Journal 

The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

It is quite small, the painting, The Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh only 29 x 36 and 1/4, and for such a little canvas, it has a big reputation! So well known and well-loved that its image replicated over and over and printed on everything from duvet covers to umbrellas. 

It seems to flicker when you see it in person. Housed in the Musem of Modern Art in New York City, the painting is viewed and photographed and cherished. At first glance, you may think, "Oh, there it is!" followed by "I had no idea it was so small." but then you lean in and start to discover its magic. Brushstrokes are evident, the colors are bright, and you may consider, is that cobalt blue, perhaps? The swirls, the illumination of the crescent moon. And you may begin to wonder, what is it about this painting that captures the imagination. I suspect it is different for us all.  

Vincent van Gogh thought this painting was a failure, he wrote to his brother "All in all the only things I consider a little good in it are the Wheatfield, the Mountain, the Orchard, the Olive trees with the blue hills and the Portrait and the Entrance to the quarry, and the rest says nothing to me." 

Starry Night says plenty to the rest of us. We are engaged, and his art enriches us. Vincent van Gogh once said, "I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream." Seeing this painting gives us a little room to dream, as well.