(V.Nov.5) Fepic Flower
"This piece taught me valuable lessons in perception. I started this piece freehand with pencil and allowed the energy to take me away resulting in a powerful original style flower. I continued refining the line in pencil before rendering it in ink. Up until that point, I enjoyed the piece yet it didn't strike me and I had that nagging itch that it needed something more. I stepped away from the piece for many months unsure about what direction to go. During some wonderful drawing sessions in Virginia in the fall of 2017, I revisited this piece and found some sharpening of the pedals and reining of the line completely changed how I perceived the composition. Once those simple shifts in the energy were made, I was inspired to add the spiraling lines that stipple out from the center. Once composed, I reflected on the lack of optimism I displayed when uncertain but the joy when the simple move was made and inspiration returned to the composition balance."
Pencil and Ink on Archival Paper shipped in Black Frame
One Fepic Flower via Connor Betts Oliver