Our house has very few objects with floral design or flowers growing. When we were in Bolivia we had cut flowers around quite a bit. Cut flowers are sort of an unnecessary wasted expense. They die! In La Paz, though, I used to volunteer at an orphanage. There was a flower stand outside and the flower vendors, mostly women, would keep an eye on our cars. The vendors didn't expect pay, so I would buy flowers. I liked the carnations because they smelled lovely and lasted a lot longer in vases. And, my car was watched over with care.
La Florera (Flower Lady)
Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches
A painting I did many years ago.
For Scavenger Hunt 664 https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/scavenger-hunt-664-jan-18-jan-26/
Number 8, floral - the design on our couch. The pattern has sort of beige large leaves with dull green and rose highlights, smaller darker green leaves and a navy blue background. I doubt we would have picked this couch but we got it when our house burned and now it stays. Plus it makes for a floral sketch.
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I don't think I have ever seen the Bolivia flower painting before now. Very nice! I don't have many flower things around either. When my sister first got married, she bought a couch, loveseat, and chair all in bright pink and green flowers. He husband said he thought he had died and gone to floral hell.
Bag Blog, ha! The Bolivia painting is so old, I'm not even sure if I sold it or it burned. Probably the latter. I would never have picked our couch but we got such a good deal and it matched the chair and ottoman which are not floral. Called grin and bear it, eh?
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