Purple Coneflower Original Oil Painting

Purple Coneflower is an oil painting that I have had done for a while of one of the simple wildflowers that fill nature with their beauty. I photographed this wildflower at Sloppy Floyd State Park. It was a rainy overcast day that was ideal for my kind of art and photography.

A little Jack Russell Terrier followed us around almost all day that we nicknamed Sloppy. He didn’t leave us until the very end when he saw children playing on swings and went down to run and play with them. He was our friend for a day and fun to watch as he chased Canadian Geese and anything else he could put to running.

As most wildflowers the Coneflower is a very hardy flower that when planted in the yard is easy to care for and a pleasure to view. It is native to the mid-western and eastern United States. Flowers are arranged individually on sturdy, elongated stems with soft lavender petals surrounding an iridescent red-orange, coned center. The Purple Coneflower prefers full sun to partial shade in fertile, well-drained soils.

This is an alla prima painting that I did in one sitting using beeswax. People have really loved it even though I spent little time painting it. Thank you everyone for stopping by Boyd Greene Fine Art for a browse. Thank you everyone for signing up for my email newsletter.