This is my second entry for the National autumn art show. Having several rounds of decaying roses in your room can get quite iffy by the way, and you get some odd looks by your visitors 
The idea was purely visual for me, so I can’t attest to it’s origins. The feeling though was bleak. So while many’s initial response has been ‘pretty’, it does not flip that switch for me.
Originally the flower on the cheek was a wound, but it would have looked to graphical I think, so I changed it to a blooming rose.
Again I have mixed feelings. I like the idea, it looked quite brilliant in my mind. It’s in realizing it that It’s not as good as I wanted it to be. It may also suffer from too much busyness and not enough force or pathos.
The idea was purely visual for me, so I can’t attest to it’s origins. The feeling though was bleak. So while many’s initial response has been ‘pretty’, it does not flip that switch for me.
Originally the flower on the cheek was a wound, but it would have looked to graphical I think, so I changed it to a blooming rose.
Again I have mixed feelings. I like the idea, it looked quite brilliant in my mind. It’s in realizing it that It’s not as good as I wanted it to be. It may also suffer from too much busyness and not enough force or pathos.
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