honeybee forest sea
August 5, 2008 | Filed Under paintings, nature, botany, paintings in progress | by Sarah Blank |A peek at a painting in progress, Honeybee Sisters
Yesterday I decided to put this painting aside and paint the pair into more of a setting with bee imagery (recently I have had a craving to paint more detailed settings as opposed to portraits). I’ve been researching bees and hives and they hold a vast amount of symbolism and meaning which is interesting. Interpret it as you will honeybees are pretty too and I love to see them buzzing around the flowers. Wasps and hornets are interesting as well but I was stung a few weeks ago and I’m still bitter!
While I was roaming around the other day I noticed that they fungi in the moss carries similarities to certain sea treasures, white coral and sea urchin:
How I would love to dangle these forest sea treasures from my ears.
Oh my goodness. This painting is beyond beautiful already. Your girls are so haunting! You are a master at the 20s hair wave. I recently cut my hair into a bob and I’m trying to figure it out
These sisters are AMAZING. I need to start collecting these ladies!
Thanks so much Heather! Bobs are so pretty, I just love them. I am sure you will figure it out! Why not look for some vintage barrettes of ebay? They make a bob look so neat!
Im so allergic to bees that Id be a little more than bitter if I got stung. Its terrible! Sometimes Im afraid to go outside, and it makes me very reluctant to go a-frolicking.
Gosh, that would be scary! Even carrying an epi pen I still would be frightened. I was lucky I didn’t discover I was allergic after the sting…I had to walk 3 miles back to my car in terrible pain:(
That painting is so, so lovely!
(I also am crazy for bees, and all that they represent)
:)
thanks so much Bebe! I am so, so, so hoping to finish it soon (it’s just that another painting has my attention!)