Irises

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Stunning Val! The mix of greens/positioning of leaves and the beautiful purples are gorgeous.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 26 Sep 11:33:19

Wow Val, this is stunning. I love the shape of the canvas which works so well the long stems, colours are fantastic and the detail extraordinary.

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 26 Sep 12:06:30

Beautiful detail and colour Val, you have captured those velvety petals superbly,

Posted by Linda Drury on Thu 26 Sep 12:12:08

So well done, love the long format. Just great!

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 26 Sep 12:14:23

Me too, what a stunner Val

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Thu 26 Sep 12:20:34

What a beautiful piece of work, Val. Love the format and the colours.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Thu 26 Sep 12:30:30

This is so lovely Val, especially the format and details on the blooms and leaves with those dew drops.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 26 Sep 13:51:35

Beautiful irises. The elongated canvass suits the subject perfectly.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Thu 26 Sep 14:07:54

Beautiful painting! Interesting fact about linen, too.

Posted by Jolanta Kedra on Thu 26 Sep 15:25:27

Beautiful velvety petals Val.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Thu 26 Sep 15:45:30

Wow, thank you so much everyone for your wonderful comments they really are appreciated.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Thu 26 Sep 16:00:53

Lovely colours, detail and format, Val!

Posted by Chandra Ward on Thu 26 Sep 17:22:40

Beautiful Iris love the colours so true to the plant

Posted by David Johns on Thu 26 Sep 18:27:03

A beautiful painting of quite complicated flower well done Val

Posted by Tao Barry on Thu 26 Sep 19:14:03

Stunning work.

Posted by Tony Wiggins on Thu 26 Sep 19:24:51

Chandra, David Tao and Tony thank you for taking the time to leave your generous comments.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Thu 26 Sep 19:28:39

Everyone's said it, it's gorgeous, Val. You've positioned everything perfectly.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Thu 26 Sep 21:13:13

Possibly my favourite flower. These are beautiful Val.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Fri 27 Sep 05:36:57

Cheers Marjorie and Sylvia I'm pleased you like it, means a lot.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Fri 27 Sep 09:38:04

Val, this is gorgeous!

Posted by Jennifer Alsop on Mon 30 Sep 13:25:57

Thanks Jennifer.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 30 Sep 15:45:25

Hang on Studio Wall

26/09/2019

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W&N Griffin Alkyd oil on linen box canvas 25/75cm. I decided I wanted to just paint the irises leaving the rest of the canvas clear. I'd had the canvas for a good few months and, to my dismay, when I removed the cellophane and the inevitable label I discovered that the linen had faded somewhat leaving a much darker square where the label had been. This resulted in me having to paint a lot more leaves than intended to hide it. A lesson learned, remove label straight away! Thanks for taking a peek.

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Val Kenyon

I am a self taught artist or, as I like to say, I'm "unrestricted by formal teaching" which probably explains my mish mash of styles. I paint in most media, watercolour, gouache, oil, coloured pencil and my favourite, soft pastels. I'm inspired by the Scottish landscape, nature and animals and…

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