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Watercolor: Luther's Iris - 10" x 10"



On a trip to Santa Rosa on March 7, 2025, Jean and I stopped by the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, headquarters of a famous horticulturalist (1849-1926). Not much was blooming yet, but one iris stood out, with yellow cream standards above and white falls below with blue-violet edges. Just beautiful! To make the delicate flower stand out, I masked the petal edges, then painted a nearly black background with concentrated mixes of lamp black, turquoise ultramarine, and Indanthrone blue. 250417. Watercolor, 10" x 10".



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