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| Pictured above: the view of (and from) my drawing board on this second day of 2019 |
I'm not usually one for omens, but on the last day of the old year, our little rose bush, which in recent years has had numerous near-death experiences, began to flower for the very first time. The rose was a gift from Carole Wilson (one of my fellow artists in the 2018 show PATTERNS OF COLLECTING: From the Bower at the Johnston Collection and its two previous iterations in 2017). By New Year's Day the rose was in full, glorious bloom. If that's not a propitious omen for the year ahead, I don't know what is. At least, that's what I choose to believe.
In another omen of sorts, the colours of its petals are uncannily like those in my current painting-in-progress (pictured above), particularly in - dare I say it - my subject's rosy cheek.
Happy New Year, everyone. I hope that 2019 will be a rosy year for all of us.
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| Our rose opens its petals on New Year's Eve |
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| The rose in full bloom on New Year's Day |