Robie Benve Art

"Bouquet of flowers" 12" x 12" (30.48 x 30.48 cm) Acrylic on stretched canvas I'm way past he deadline for this: it was suppose to be for the January's A nos pinceaux painting challenge, but I was not happy with the background, so I kept going it until it made sense to me.  I have to admit I ended up looking for ideas online, and getting inspired by Cezanne's background in his Flower's in vase. Now I'm pretty happy with it, and I learned a lot during the all painting process.  :)) Evhe has been so nice that she posted it on the challenge's blog even if I was late. :) "I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping  and I would still feel as though I knew nothing. " Paul Cezanne

--> Tulipani Rossi 6” x 6” (15.2 cm x 15.2cm) Acrylic on Canvas Panel What is your favorite color?  Mine is blue. I love a nice bright blue! But on canvas, I love red, oh yeah!   Powerful, joyful and intense. These guys' red is even brighter than it looks here. Maybe one day I'll load a better photo. (Today I took at least 20 shots, and not was great!) Something about these tulips: they tricked me! The whole time I had the feeling I was painting poppies, I even had a cute name for the poppy painting, then I came to reality and had to face the fact tat they were tulips! So I settled for making them Italian, like their mama. :)