Amaranth in the Gardens at Hollandia

pastel

20″x26″

The gardens here locally at Hollandia nursery are amazing. I have always wanted to paint them. Here I was particularly interested in the amaranth, whose shape was so distinctive and different from all the other flowers. I was also intrigued by the way the flowers were banked like strata in rocks, each with their variegated hue and texture, and I wanted to emphasize that.

framed with AR glass