I keep a silk floral arrangement
with big, beautiful roses in our garage, because it’s too beautiful not to keep.
Moving into a smaller house doesn’t always mean you have the sense to get rid
of excess. But that’s not the only reason I’ve hung onto this silk beauty. I
plan to eventually paint a picture of that very arrangement. I love painting with
oils, and during the unplanned solitude of the pandemic, I’ve enjoyed capturing
on canvas the curves and colors of roses. It makes sense then that this
specific arrangement should find its way to a canvas.
The problem is, along with a rosy
pink and burgundy and yellow roses, there are some pale green roses. I want a
realistic painting, yet I never heard of green
roses before.
Solution: I studied the arrangement
and tried to imagine what color to use instead of the green. After all, there
will be enough green with the leaves. But the more I dissected the other tones
in the arrangement, along with the background I wanted, the more I knew I
needed that same pale green taking the same amount of space. Drat! I wanted to
paint only real flowers.
That led me to look for a replacement
green flower instead of roses, keeping only the pink, burgundy and yellow ones
roses. Deciding that, I researched “green flowers in your garden.”
I couldn’t believe the many
beautiful and truly green flowers there are—Daylilies, Bells of Ireland,
hydrangeas, zinnias, and many more. You can even buy seeds at Etsy for planting
green roses. You can see pictures and
learn the meaning of green roses here:
https://www.sensecuador.com/blog/the-real-meaning-behind-green-roses/
I’m not sure when I’ll ever start
that imagined painting of the roses (naturally a green rose would be the focal
point), but I’m willing to bet there will be some green roses woven into one of
my future stories.
Have a great day, and enjoy some flowers!