It been a long time. I've been in my studio making paintings for a show at the Morris Graves Museum in Eureka. Painting has been harder these days with my growing commitment and business of floral design.
But I had to throw down my brushes for this class and now my brain is short circuiting again. You would think that working on paintings of flowers while working on floral design would be so natural and easy.
It's not for me. I don know......
Nicole shared that she had lived briefly in Rockridge in Oakland before returning to live in NY. Now she and Sarah have come to do a tour of Northern California and offer 3 classes. It's a testament to their amazing talent and tech ability to plug in internationally, that they can fill their classes at a top dollar price. And the sheer number and quality of flowers and foliage they brought to class was worth the price of admission. They edited their selection of 30 or so materials from a palette that is their signature; Soft, muted colors. This time the selection was from warm side of the color wheel which included browned out magenta, pink, yellow, grey green and purples. Though their instructions were clear and simple, their way of using color isn't. It's quite nuanced and that's what makes their work so distinctive- that and the quality of movement and and controlled wildness. My bouquet (shown) included 26 kinds of flowers tucked into a container that was the size of a large coffee mug. It didn't lend itself to a long lived arrangement, despite my care. But it was my choice to pile it on as most of my arrangements are more spare. And it brought back home the notion of the true ephemeral quality of flowers.
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