Botanical Essence: Orchid VI Product:Botanical Essence: Orchid VI while a touch of gold

while a touch of gold leaf adds a bit of sparkle

then altered by hand to portray a leaf and bud motif

this show-stopping 12mm round-cut gemstone seems to burst forth in color and light

All glass is hand blown by artist

These distinctive

Botanical Essence: Orchid VI Product:Botanical Essence: Orchid VI while a touch of goldOrchids symbolize strength and resiliency. These are expressed in willow charcoal drawn on textured ochre and metallic gold, with white orchid petals. Painted with a palette knife, this semi abstract painting operates in the space between recognition and dissolution. Familiar forms emerge and fade, allowing perception to oscillate between figuration and abstraction, where memory, intuition, and gesture coexist. On gallery wrapped canvas with sides