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"Summer Garden Path" Pastel 5" x
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One of my
favorite things to do when we visit Bailey Island, Maine each summer besides
painting on location as I did here, is to visit all of the flowers blooming
around the house. There are several different varieties of colorful peonies
(some of which you can see on the left), a lilac bush, and several bushes of
what I believe are antique or old roses. These are especially fragrant. From
some preliminary research online I found out that the ones I painted on the
right may be Rosa gallica officinalis,
possibly the oldest rose in existence. It’s also apparently called the
Apothecary’s Rose because healers used it to make medicinal remedies. I may
have to do another painting later featuring this rose’s beauty more prominently.
Happy
Almost Weekend!
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