April Roses with Palms

This is a studio painting based on a 11” x 15” plein air watercolor done on L Street near College Avenue, in Livermore, CA.

Painted 2015

Exhibit: 2016 California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibit, Autry Museum, Los Angeles, CA.  Artist’s statement form the CAC catalogue: “Several years ago, I bought and read the Franz Bischoff monograph that was published by the Irvine Museum. Bischoff’s vibrantly colored paintings of roses inspired me to revisit a favorite motif of mine: rose gardens. A small watercolor plus several sketches and drawings were done at a friend’s garden that is across the street from a historic allee of palm trees.  These became the reference materials that I worked from in my studio, where I created my own vibrant “April Roses with Palms”. - Carolyn Lord