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While painting the wild plantain, I had a breakthrough. Without drawing first, I used my brush filled with luscious paint to carve out the shapes of petals and leaves. With a freedom of brush stroke and color, I captured the abstract patterns that suggest nature rather than copying the plant itself. Dashes of color indicate slivers of light peeping from the dark interior of foliage. This painting initiated a series of twenty painted with the pure abstracted shapes I could make with my brush. I teach this method in my watercolor workshops.
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