{"id":1569,"date":"2017-08-02T16:29:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T21:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maryahernartist.com\/art-blog\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:45:11","slug":"yellow-tulip-squared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryahernartist.com\/art-blog\/yellow-tulip-squared\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Tulip Squared – The Inspiration Behind a Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Circles in squares always give me comfort for some reason or another. This particular yellow tulip gave me comfort during the tail end of a winter when I sorely needed color flooding into my eyes.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>

Yellow Tulip Squared \u00a9 Mary Ahern. Prints available in various sizes on canvas, fine art paper, metal and acrylic in my Art Shop.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

So what do I find as I\u2019m strolling past the senior buffet at Costco but this glass jar filled with joyously bulging and ready to bloom tulips. They just tossed themselves into my cart and begged to be taken home. And home they came.<\/p>\n

As the bursting buds thrust themselves open I knew they needed to continue their job of bringing color and joy to my winter and to my spring, my summer and fall. The thrill of painting flowers is that you get to immortalize them before they disappear into their own winter of lifeless existence.<\/p>\n

So many paintings came to mind as I watched the tulips unfurl. But which would be my composition. Closed or open? Silhouette or frontal? One or many? Natural sunshine or artificial light? Solid or textured background? Large or small?<\/p>\n

So I played with the tulips. Wallowing in their beauty. They seeped into my soul and brought the winter to an end for me.<\/p>\n

Being an Artist allows me to create my own reality, my own season, my own vision of how I view the normal. It brings comfort to my soul.<\/p>\n

\"Wall<\/a>

Costco Tulips dancing in my living room in the winter sunlight.<\/p><\/div>\n

Being an Artist allows me to create my own reality, my own season, my own vision of how I view the normal. It brings comfort to my soul.<\/p>\n

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