Begonias and Pansy

Begonias and Pansy
9 x 12 Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello
$400
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Had started this study a couple of weeks back but never finished it. I've been focused on four back to back commissions for the past few weeks s had to put it aside. Today I had a chance to revisit the start of the painting and to just have fun playing with the shapes and vibrant colors of this collection of flowers.

Below is the original set up, which I began painting from life, but needed to finish from a photo reference I had taken while the flowers were still alive. Wanted to feel like it was a vignette, peaking into a garden rather than a table top set up, so modified the surroundings.

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