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盛夏双芙蓉

盛夏双芙蓉

A single branch of midsummer hibiscus climbs on the diagonal, one apricot and one icy blue, crisp against a gray‑violet ground streaked with turquoise marks.

Painted in color with flat planes set against fine detailing, the petals read as faceted surfaces with a crisp, paper‑cut clarity. The green leaves are rimmed in dark line and peppered with pale yellow dots, whose layered lights and darks give the foliage weight and rhythm. The main stem sweeps upward from the right as warm orange and cool blue blossoms look past each other, flanked by multiple apricot buds to form a breathing vertical cadence. A textured field of dry‑rub and stamped strokes in gray‑violet and turquoise cools the scene, clarifying the flowers like air washed by midsummer light.

Category
Floral · Decorative
Year
1993
Tags
花卉装飾

Creation process

  1. Pencil draft

    1. Pencil draft

  2. Ink outline

    2. Ink outline

  3. Colour

    3. Colour

On exhibition

On exhibition