9" x 12"
Arches 140#CP
The Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) is a native of Asia, growing up to 30 feet and when mature, equally wide. With compound leaves that at this season are a marvelous gold, the tree has a 'lacy' appearance. One of the most striking things about the tree is its fall production of showy yellow flowers followed by these multi-hued, long clusters of seed pots. When I saw this tree last month at Montrose Gardens, the pods were this incredible pink/tan,blue/green/brown ... not as bright, perhaps, as this painting shows in the scan, but with all those colors that just took made me gasp! Over time, the papery pods turn brown and cover a three-compartment, bladder-like structure full of seeds.As the pod dries, the compartment splits and each rolls back to reveal the seeds inside. In warm climates, this abundant seed-maker can become quite invasive. where the shorter growing season prevents formation of seed. The tree is used as a marvelous ornamental landscape additon.
I'm finding it difficult to drive this week - the colors of the leaves seemed to be just at their peek, and I'm constantly staring at their display! My head keeps turning from one vista to another and I can't seem to take in enough of the magnificence of it all!
Our weekend has been mighty cold - but there's another warm front coming in for the next few days .... teasing us into thinking winter will be delayed..... (we DO know better! LOL).
BTW, did you remember to set your clocks back an hour last night to standard time?
Hope your day is filled with the colors of autumn!
Lin Frye
North Carolina
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Golden Rain Tree Pods - Lin Frye
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Wow, these are really lovely Lin! We also have them here in South Africa in a bit of a different form and you've really done them justice! Great work!
ReplyDeletewonderful sketches!
ReplyDeleteWow, they just glow :).
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Lin, this is indeed a beautiful "sketch." Is it in a sketch book or can you frame it? I know what you mean by being distracted by the fall colors right now. Virginia is aglow!
ReplyDeleteHi Paula! I can frame it -- I have become such an impatient sketcher/painter, that I keep my pages 'free' so I can work on more than one painting at a time -- I'm too impatient to wait for drying - I tend to bind my works AFTERward -- I used to bind my books first -- but I would then grow impatient to keep painting while one work was drying - I'd turn the page -- and ruin what I did! LOL Hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteWell done!
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