Pretty Pink Pouting Pleasures
by Omaste Witkowski
Title
Pretty Pink Pouting Pleasures
Artist
Omaste Witkowski
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting
Description
Pretty Pink Pouting Pleasures
Omaste Witkowski owFotoGrafik.com
A pink lily and its companions in the garden are awakened here in a soft abstract paradise. The sun is kissing petals lightly and caressing the gentle curves of the stamens. The flower is loving the attention and seeks to encounter more. We will leave them now and remember their vibrant beauty and soft shapes. All to be enjoyed again on another day.
What is it about circles and swirls that is so visually stimulating? I am asking myself this lately as I am painting. I have reached a point where I just love to paint circles and color them in. I like to turn the brush and see how the colors mix and then circle the brush and see how they take up space. The larger ones cozy up next to the smaller ones and protect and love them. The smaller ones dance across the painting in colorful glee, not to be tamed by their friends. The movement can be so intoxicating and I have a difficult time putting down my brush. I can get lost in the colors and shapes, lose track of time and enjoy every minute :-)
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From Wikipedia Lily:
"Lilium bulbiferum, common names Orange Lily, Fire Lily or Tiger Lily, is a herbaceous perennial plant with underground bulbs, belonging to the genus Liliums of the Liliaceae family. The Latin name bulbiferum of this species, meaning "bearing bulbs", refers to the secondary bulbs on the stem.
Lilium bulbiferum reaches on average 20�90 centimetres (7.9�35 in) of height, with a maximum of 120 centimetres (47 in). The bulbs are ovoid, with whitish large and pointed scales and can reach about 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) of diameter. The stem is erect, the leaves are lanceolate, up to 10 centimeters long. The inflorescence has one to five short-haired flowers. They are hermaphroditic and scentless, have six upright tepals, the outer are slightly narrower than the inner ones. The flowers can reach 4-6 centimeters in length and are bright yellow-orange with reddish-brown dots. The stamens are erect, about half as long as the tepals, with red anthers. The style is orange, 35 millimetres (1.4 in) of height. The flowering period extends from May through July.
There are two varieties, Lilium bulbiferum var. croceum (Chaix) Baker in the Western part of the range, and Lilium bulbiferum var. bulbiferum in its Eastern part. Only the last one produces always secondary aerial bulbs (bulbils) in the axils of the upper leaves. These bulbils fall to the ground and mature after two to three years. When manually separated from the stem they can easily used for propagating the plant.
The dwarf plants from the Maritime Alps, formerly described as var. chaixii (Elwes) Stoker, and the large plants from the region of Naples, formerly described as var. giganteum N. Terracc., are now considered as local variants of var. croceum."
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