Medium: Oil with an acrylic texture under layer on stretched canvas.
Size: H. 675 mm x W. 998 mm.
Originial framed work has been sold and is in a private collection, Innisfail, Qld.

In this work, the inspiration comes from the concept of duality which has been explored here at various levels:
a) in the division of textures each half side (smooth and rough);
b) the warm and cool under-painting tones used on each half of the canvas;
c) bright sunlight and cast shadow, with the complimentary contrast of magnificent fleshy orange, round spiraling rose petals branching out into full bloom in the foreground, to jagged edges and silhouetted dark blue/green cast shadows in the background.

Won the ‘Canvas Roses’ Challenge in Stop & Smell the Roses RB Group
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Some Background:
This work, the first in an ‘anticipated’ series, was painted in total relaxation mode Jan.2006 after a busy, hot and humid lead up to Christmas period in my retail art/framing business. This happened to be just two months prior to Cyclone Larry’s catastrophic visit to the Innisfail region.

The roses portrayed were actually grown during the tropical winter months at our home just north of Innisfail, Far North Queensland, Australia.
I picked, arranged and then photo documented many of the different highly perfumed roses for future artwork reference material.

Sadly, my painting time and the rose series were stopped short with Cyclone Larry hitting our town in March 20, 2006 and having many other ‘things’ to deal with.
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