Flowering Gum and the Fifeshire Rock

This was one of those paintings where the subject essentially took over. As followers of this blog will have noticed I tend to follow themes, at least for a while. Recently it has been flowers and flowering trees. Today this magnificent flowering gum on Rocks Road caught my eye. However, when I settled down to paint it, the Fifeshire rock in the background refused to be ignored.
Essentially, the lovely flowering gum became a frame for this iconic rock. Sigh. As usual, the painting knows best, so who am I, the mere facilitator of paint application, to argue. I think it makes a better painting so that is all to the
good anyway.



15038. "Flowering Gum and the Fifeshire Rock". Oil on panel. 6x8 in. $100

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