Oil on canvas, 24”x30”

This painting is both intimate and bold. One day, while tending my rose bush in Arizona, I noticed a bloom that struck me as unusually sensual and unmistakably feminine. That’s exactly why I chose to paint it. When people giggle or blush while looking at it, I tell them, “It’s just a flower.” But of course, it’s not just a flower. The resemblance to the female form is the entire reason it exists on canvas, it’s large, unapologetic, and impossible to miss. My aunt eventually bought the piece and now has it hanging in her home. She bought it specifically because it looks like a……