Love is like a Glass Rose

I finished the painting today. Painting bigger than full sheet certainly has its challenges but the finished painting, 34 inches by 22 inches, definitely has impact.

so it is...

 

 Our love for each other is a glass rose. If you don't handle it with care and compassion it will break. The thorns and shafts of glass may wound you just as the hurt can wound you in a broken relationship. If you drop it, it will never be the same. A piece is broken and the glass rose will never be whole again.

Ona

Love is like a glass rose WIP 3

I still find it magic when with just a couple of washes something can magically appear out of the paper. This is how it felt with the rose today. The gilt thorns were exciting to paint too. Life just feels better when you have a paintbrush in your hand.

 usually I wait between glazes for the paint to dry naturally but sometimes when you want to control the wash a little more its handy to use a hairdryer.

Time to apply the final glaze on two of the frosted glass petals. 

 ... enough for today I think. It's slowly taking shape.

Ona