Back in Black
The subject matter of this series were found in my daily walk from a streetcar stop to my small painting studio in New Orleans. Most of the colorful flora were cared for by homeowners to liven up their front porches, and the others grew out of cracks in the pavement. The wear and tear of recycled cardboard boxes attach history to their seasonal existence, and emulate grace of the painted nature caged inside the machine-cut edges and geometric grid.
Wallflowers 1 (monochrome black eyed susan), 13.5" x10", oil and shellac on carboard
Wallflowers 2 (monochrome spent rose), 7.5"x9", oil and shellac on cardboard
Wallflowers 3 (monochrome hyacinth bean), 21"x16.5", oil and shellac on cardboard
Wallflowers 4 (monochrome weeping willow), 20.5"x16", oil and shellac on cardboard
Wallflowers 5 (sunflower in cad yellow primrose), 9"x11.5", acrylic and oil on cardboard
Wallflowers 6 (bush clock in ultramarine), 15.25"x11.25", acrylic and oil on cardboard
Wallflowers 7 (geranium in pyrrole red), 12"x11.5", acrylic and oil on cardboard
Wallflowers 8 (cosmos in orange), 8"x12", acrylic and oil on cardboard
Wallflowers 9 (monochrome iris), 16.5"x4.25", acrylic and oil on paper bag
Wallflowers 10 (bush clock in violet), 9.5"x5", acrylic and oil on paper bag
Wallflowers 11 (sunflower in green), 21"x16.25", acrylic and oil on cardboard
Wallflowers 12 (hyacinth bean in cerulean blue), 26.25"x16", acrylic and oil on cardboard
Wallflowers 13 (Japanese magnolia in red-violet), 26"x15.25", acrylic and oil on cardboard
Wallflowers 14 (black eyed susan in hansa yellow), 26"x15.25", acrylic and oil on cardboard