Peonies

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It's photolike painting 😊

Posted by PogArt Ti on Sat 24 Jun 15:12:53

Beautiful work

Posted by Romila Datta on Sat 24 Jun 15:36:08

Gorgeous Collette! Those petals are painted beautifully!

Posted by Karen Lewis on Sat 24 Jun 16:15:28

Oh yes, beautiful!!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Sat 24 Jun 16:41:09

Superb artwork 👌

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Sat 24 Jun 16:47:47

Beautiful love peonies 🥰

Posted by Faye Patrick on Sat 24 Jun 17:00:22

Stunning Colette

Posted by Christine Rogan on Sat 24 Jun 18:08:11

Thank you Pog, Romila, Karen, Marjorie, Stephen, Faye and Christine for your comments which are very much appreciated. Pog, It's realistic but not photolike. When a large painting is shown on here scaled down it tends to look more realistic than it does at full size in real life. The reverse is also true, small paintings enlarged appear looser on here than in life.

Posted by Collette Hughes on Sat 24 Jun 18:18:02

Superb! So realistic!

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sat 24 Jun 19:17:04

This is lovely work! Nice use of contrasting bkg & dark foliage.

Posted by Skylar Brown on Sat 24 Jun 20:49:55

Thank you Spencer. Thank you Skylar glad you like the contrast. I have a shadow box that I use for still lifes. It is just a big cardboard box painted inside with black gesso and a daylight lamp with a bendy head. In reality the box looks a very flat dark grey but I exaggerated the values because I think it looks better.

Posted by Collette Hughes on Sat 24 Jun 21:17:21

What wonderful petals on those peonies. Such rich shades of various pinks.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Sat 24 Jun 22:01:18

This is wonderful and you have definitely caught the beauty of peonies

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 25 Jun 06:54:36

Very impressive, Collette. Beautiful composition and colours. I love the light on it!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Sun 25 Jun 07:35:52

Beautifully composed and executed

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Sun 25 Jun 08:38:18

Thank you all for your kind comments xx

Posted by Collette Hughes on Sun 25 Jun 13:55:49

Lovely peonies.

Posted by David Williams on Sun 25 Jun 16:22:05

Beautiful especially on black background.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 25 Jun 18:27:30

Beautiful,

Posted by Anne Edwards on Mon 26 Jun 18:25:15

Hang on Studio Wall

24/06/2023

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Oil on cradled wood panel. 50cm x 50cm. I started this from life but they opened at such a rate of knots I had to take photos.

About the Artist

Collette Hughes

Retired railway guard from Anglesey. My art path started with crafts many years ago. I did an OCN in design through evening classes. Later I took advanced courses in Photoshop and Illustrator. I created digital stamps, digital artworks, cutting files and papers for card makers. I wanted to switch to…

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