Rose in Repose

 
Red Rose in Repose, shown in progress.
Watercolor on cold press paper 
Paper size: 22 x 30, Image size: 17 x 17 Inches

Does a rose struggle and push itself to bloom? No. Does it worry about unfurling its petals so it can release its scent? The timing of Mother Nature, her inbuilt clock, is nurtured by a myriad of factors, including the environment. Non-linear, a flowers' DNA responds in its own way, in its own timing, and a blossom appears.

We are all related through Mother Nature, and she provides the most excellent mirrors. The rest phase is my focus in this painting. Not to be confused with dormancy, but instead, the space between notes, words, and actions. Like positive and negative space, the two work together.

Allowing Mother Nature to re-fill us is part of the rest phase. It's active. Being with the stillness, we incorporate it into our lives more and more. It permeates our actions. We gather momentum.

Water droplets in this painting remind us to drink plenty of water so life moves through us conducting the light, and releasing the rest. We are part of the beauty of nature and naturally wired to conduct her energies. Roses grow and thrive when rooted in the earth, and we help conduct their light as we appreciate them. 

Roses have inhabited this planet since the Pleostine Age, which began approximately 250 million years ago. Their scent would have been stronger then, and their form slightly different. That's what their five-petaled fossils tell us.

Either way, a rose is still a rose. You can always recognize a rose.

Shakespeare wrote; A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

I love that.

— Leslie

 

Red Rose in Repose as of late June, 2024

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Exquisite Paintings on the Nature of Flowers is a body of work based on a sophisticated visual analysis of nature's frequencies = LOVE. Ongoing, and now in phase two.