Rhododendron

This is just beautiful, Carole. The detail in the flower petals is superb.

Gorgeous Carole. As well as painting the flowers so perfectly, the leaves have just that slightly leathery look.

AMAZING CAROLE.

Beautiful work Carole. Your attention to detail, and the ability to record it are your strengths.

One of your best Carole....

Fab work Carole.

Fantastic work!

Stunning floral portrait, beautifully and skilfully done.

As always Carole, a great painting, what I have always really liked about a lot of your work is you show the plants as nature intended not dressed up with no imperfections. The shades of green are excellent showing the gloss you get on Rhododendron leaves, a lot of the ones in my garden are starting to bloom now. Well done Carole a beauty.

Thanks all for your encouraging words, I really appreciate them. Yes Malcolm I have some out now but most are in bud.

Meant to say, I love dying discoloured flowers and leaves they are much more interesting and show character I think.

A wonderful work, Carole. I, too, like how your work captures the innate beauty of flowers in their common natural state - much like we human beings!

very accomplished work Carole you have complete control of the medium

Stunning piece, Carole! The blooms are exquisitely depicted, and I love the palette and the composition.

This really is stunning, Carole: magnificent painting.

Beautiful Carole, but don't chew the leaves.

Amazing painting Carole, indeed worthy of top line.

Well something has had a good meal on those leaves Carole :) Those blooms are stunning and the leaves so realistic.

Beautiful work Carole, I love the broken leaves, it looks wonderful.

Many thanks all very much appreciated.

I compliment your work so often, I'm running out of words!!!

This is absolutely stunning!

You are marvellous at painting flowers Carole

Excellent as ever, Carole.

That's a beauty Carole

Thank you very much for you kind comments.

Carole , how long does a piece like this take you .

Really beautiful Carole, you really do some lovely paintings!!

Thank you Russ and Lisa. Russ this took ages! It is one I kept going back to over many weeks.

Ah, Rhododendrons (had to check the spelling...always wrongly call them rhododendrums :) My favourite flowers and we've just bought some. Hopefully they like our soil here and flower like these beauties. Lovely work Carole!

Your flower paintings are exquisite Carole.

Thanks Teresa very kind. Louise I say spell it how you say it! Thank you and I hope your plants flower well, they are easy to grow I know because I can grow them:)

I hope you are not getting bored of the word Exquisite.

Certainly not Gudrun thank you for your kind comments:)

Wow! This is brilliant Carole.

Thank you Avril.

This is wonderful Carole well done

Beautiful detail here, Carole. A lovely painting!

Fantastic Carole

Absolutely marvellous painting, Carole. A really professional piece of artwork. Perfect!

You are all very kind thank you :)