All artists dream of finding a unique voice. I found mine in 2007, but I started on the path of discovery long before then. When I was 12, my mother taught me how to do a basic embroidery stem stitch. I disappeared into my room for a while and returned with this denim patch. It was the 70’s after all!
Later on I moved to tablecloths. Here’s a photo of one I did with a tropical fish theme for my wonderful sister-in-law Stephanie.
Here’s an example from my first collection – Flower Power. It’s called Pink Hibiscus. The flowers are from the Queens Botanical Garden. They were very tall and the petals were huge – probably six inches across. So, they flopped around in the wind. I tried to capture that quality in the piece.
And in case you were wondering, here’s what the watercolor looked like before I combined the images. I fell in love the color palate with its subtle shades of pink.
In fact, the final piece sort of reminds me of my favorite Georgia O’Keefe painting at the Met – Black Iris.
PJ
(c) 2011 PJ Lehrer
Awesome !!!
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