Painting Holidays in Chateaux in South West France & Provence 2021Watercolour of a Lotus Flower
Posted on January 25, 2014
‘The Last Lotus Flower of 2013’ Watercolour. 27 x19 cm © adam cope
This was the last lotus flower of 2013 that I saw on the lotus pond. Somewhat battered by the winds & cold nights here in the Dordogne. But still offering up its golden heart, despite of it all.
I love the life cycles of flowers. Yes they reach apogee, perfection then deteriorate, disband, fall apart. Sometimes even in the time span of a morning. Doesn’t this transience make them all the more beautiful?
Currently enjoying the tips of sprouting daffs & hyacinths in the garden.
Sunflowers 9
Posted on August 14, 2010
‘sunflowers 9’
watercolour painting
© adam cope
Sunflowers 8
Posted on August 12, 2010
‘Sunflowers 8’
watercolour painting
50 x 40 cm
© adam cope
Sunflowers 7
Posted on August 8, 2010
‘Sunflowers 7’
67 x 55 cm
watercolour
©adam cope
‘where the bee sucks, there suck I’ – gentle will
the bee rich in honey
works his way round
the giant yellow sundial
clever ol’ yellow pants!
his pockets bulging with summer
a thousand smiling faces
turn towards the sun
hope u dont mind me talking to myself here silently in this quiet blog as the comments are deafening !
or was it just the bad poetry???
Sunflowers 6
Posted on August 3, 2010
‘a perfect beauty! sunflower six’
watercolour
38 x 28 cm
© adam cope
Sunflowers 5
Posted on July 29, 2010
‘sunflowers 5’
watercolour
38 x 25 cm
© adam cope
one of series…
“A perfect beauty of a sunflower! a perfect excellent lovely sunflower existence! a sweet natural eye to the new hip moon, woke up alive and excited grasping in the sunset shadow sunrise golden monthly breeze! “- exerpt from ‘Sunflower Sutra’ by Allen Ginsberg
jumping for joy this one
Sunflowers 4
Posted on July 28, 2010
‘sunflower 4’
watercolour
38 x 25 cm
© adam cope
one of many in a series – just for fun 😉
” A perfect beauty of a sunflower! ”
exepert from ‘Sunflower Sutra’ by Allen Ginsberg
Sunflowers 3
Posted on July 26, 2010
‘Sunflowers 3’
watercolour cadmium yellow & more cadmium yellow
28 x 38 cm
© adam cope
“Keep your face to the sunshine
and you cannot see the shadow.
It’s what sunflowers do.”
– Helen Keller
Sunflowers 2
Posted on July 25, 2010
‘sunflower 2’
25 x 32cm
watercolour
© adam cope
number two in a series…
some previous watercolours of sunflowers :
‘The Last of the Stragglers.’
Watercolour
50 x 40 cm
© adam cope
ask about buying a print of this watercolour
‘Sunflowers III’
‘Sunflowers III’
24 x 32 cm.
Watercolour.
Lana 220GMS
© The Artist.
SOLD
sunflowers circa 1997 – Van Gogh 1889 – Who ‘owns’ subject matter?
Sunflowers 1
Posted on July 24, 2010
‘sunflower 1’
25 x 32 cm
watercolour
© adam cope
here comes a series of paintings of sunflowers.
William Blake : Ah! Sunflower |
Ah! sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller’s journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire, And the pale virgin shrouded in snow, Arise from their graves and aspire; Where my sunflower wishes to go. |
William Blake (1757-1827) P. 1793 |
