Trapped in the vines (painting flowers)
"Entangled" 9 x 12 Oil and Chalk Pastel on Drawing Paper Click here to view listing for original For prints and cards, click here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/nikihilsabeck/art/6112438-1-entangled-pastel I've never been too excited to paint flowers just for the sake of making pretty flowers-- I usually need something a little more interesting about the flowers to inspire me. In this case, I was intrigued by these pink flowers who seemed to bloom despite the mass of vines around them-- they appeared somewhat trapped. It reminded me of how I feel sometimes, tied to so many things in life that I have little free time anymore. Yet, I know that if these flowers were cut and freed from the vines, they would wither and die. I think people are the same way-- for all the pressure we feel from our surrounding ties, we would not survive if we were cut completely free from those ties. To paint this piece, I bloc...