Sunday, December 6, 2009

Aloe by Jane LaFazio

I painted this during a workshop I was teaching. The stool I was sitting on kept sinking in the dirt, and I'd forgotten a paper towel to clean my palette and dab my brush, and my students were needing attention! However, I like the half-finished mystery of the blooming aloe. (The chop is Chinese and means Plain Jane)
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3 comments:

  1. Lovely. I don't think I've seen an aloe bloom. The looseness and unfinished effect gives the viewer room to play. Love the chop and meaning!

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  2. This sketch is utterly adoring Jane. I have also sketched my Aloes when they're in bloom, I have Aloe ferox, absolutely beautiful when it flowers. Some usesless information - our Aloes flower during our Winter period here in South Africa, and their internal clock makes them flower in France during their summer, when it's winter here. Interesting...

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  3. This is wonderful, Jane! And oh, yes, I've been THERE...I was sketching in a marsh and didn't realize the stool legs were sinking till I landed on my backside in the mud!

    Your chop adds a lot, too...I've been paying with mine again, a friend had one made for me...

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