Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Taos Rhododendron 1


Taos Rhododendron 1
Originally uploaded by Ricky Holtman
This is one of the sketches I did while on an art trip to my old painting area Taos, New Mexico. The colors always overwhelm me when I go back. The forest and flowers etc are just crazy there. Everyone is probably familiar with these flowers because they grow all over the world basically. I love them with their big bloomy selfs and different greens that cascade from them. I didn't do it justice but I enjoyed it. Done in my little Moleskine in watercolor.
These can grow to 6 feet high over a decade time span. Enjoy

7 comments:

  1. Blogger hiccuped! I commented on this, Ricky, and it went away. We're glad you're back, and oh, these are lovely. I had no idea they grew in the Taos area too...

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  2. Thanks Kate, It's nice to be back.

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  3. Hope you can make it to sketchcrawl this time!

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  4. Wonderful! Visitors should especially click on the image to see it larger to do it justice. Lovely greens you found in the foliage - they look so alive.

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  5. I think you really expressed the Rhodo in the "wild" so to speak. Not all precious and pampered but loose and bold and self-sufficient before they got tamed and put in every garden. I really like this.

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  6. Too good blog post about Wild.Thanks for that.

    Alternative energy

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