Nature in my Life

Nature means a lot to me in my own life. Not only because I can really see God through it when I feel distant but also because I love to paint it. I painted this picture when I was a junior in high school and it is one of my favorites that I have done. This is a replica with a few changes of Georgia O'Keefe's painting. I wanted to change the color of the flower a little bit because I think the way I made the color in this painting is more realistic in how the colors really blend on an actual flower. My favorite things to paint are flowers because I feel that they have so much life behind them and you can do so much to them as an artist. I love to be able to play with the colors and create some unique colors that blend with colors you might not put together regularly. When I was at Lake Bonny I saw a lot of really bright and vibrant colors on things and it gave me a lot of ideas. When I got to just sit there and relax it gave me a chance to really look at the shapes and textures of nature. A lot of times I just guess on what the texture would look like because I never really studied that part of nature. It just goes to show you that even though you think you know something you might not know it as much as you think. Again, going to Lake Bonny was a lot of fun and I am going to go there more often to relax and just spend time with God and His wonderful nature. Mybe take some pictures of my own and paint them later. (: