Thirteen paintings by Ethel Vrana are being shown in the Salon, July 6–30, 2023. Ethel continues to explore organic forms in her paintings by depicting the beautiful variety of shapes, textures, and colors in the botanical world.
Ethel Vrana / Botanical Motifs from Land and Sea
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Very nice!
Ethel,
It is wonderful to see such a vivid color palette! I am used to your more subtle, playful, grid-like compositions (like the painting of yours that I own!) As I spend some time looking at this, I think of traditional still life paintings, as they often capture flowers at peak beauty. This composition suggests all the stages, from bud to blossom, to the final wisp of a dried up stem, a petal-less stamen-pistil – maybe I am imagining this! I also think about that intensity of reds – maybe a hot world of the future. The thin green stem carries the promise of survival and new flowers next June. The tension you’ve created is masterful! I will certainly try to visit the gallery before the show comes down!