An abstract painted blue thistle with acrylic ink. It's also the colors, blue, yellow and green that van Gogh used a lot. van Gogh was a forerunner of abstract. It's a new way of botanical painting, tighter than it used to be, less with narrow neat details. and more modern which also fits well in a modern interior. The thistle here is a stylized boom. This painting is one of the three blue thistles I've painted and it's also nice to hang them next to each other like a triptych.
I have time to draw and paint more after years of volunteer work for the St. Care Foundation The Gambia. Inspiration I got in the Gambia where I also lived. The colors, the population and life is a great source of inspiration. But also the quieter.. Read more…