The Two Tulips Original Oil Painting

The Two Tulips is one of my fun all palette knife oil paintings. I really have a blast doing palette knife paintings watching the fat buttery oil paint mix together making amazing hues that rivet my attention. Color amazes me to no end.

Palette knife painting is one of my greatest teachers helping me to understand what is truly important about a painting, the big shapes that form the whole. It really teaches an artist to see the simple beauty of a subject. You have to see the big forms to paint with a palette knife. Structure is of supreme importance.
 

These two tulips are more from my mother’s flower beds. They were growing close to an old oak that inspired the rough background you see behind them. I think the rough background contrasts well with the softness of a tulip’s blossom. Tulips are one of my favorite flowers that are unspeakably beautiful for a brief time signaling the arrival of spring and an outpouring of so much beauty throughout the new season.

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