Pearl with pink rose

Pearl with pink rose


Originally uploaded by bbmarie.

Pearl posed for this painting. I think the dress was what first kicked this painting into gear. Pearl was walking around the house in this white dress with the delicate triming along the neckline and sleaves---all white and the little roses at the waistline and I was just taken with her beauty and purity. The rose she carries is the last blossem on the neighbors bush in the alley around the corner from our house. I didn't ask, I just took it. (I did knock on the door a few times but no one answered.) The back ground landscape is a combination of many different paintings I used for refrence.