Red Gerbera Daisies and a Rose - Original Oil Painting by Robyn Palescandolo Size:40x40" returning to the same pink

returning to the same pink variety that opened the collection

I chose this particular passage for the way it holds so much of the painting’s quiet energy: the mouth of the flower opening inward

both joyful and hard-won

but for their complexity

Red Gerbera Daisies and a Rose - Original Oil Painting by Robyn Palescandolo Size:40x40" returning to the same pinkThis painting came slowly, and not without resistance. I began with the red gerbera daisies and rose for their celebratory color, the way the greens cut through the bouquet with such freshness and contrast. But as the work unfolded, it became less about capturing flowers and more about finding my way through uncertainty. There are rough edges here, unresolved spaces, places where the forms dissolve into suggestion. Those are the parts I love most.