Fading Garden Rose - Original Oil Painting by Robyn Palescandolo Size:30x30" to leave room for the

to leave room for the viewer

only later

intimate works meant to be held

but the approach to paint has shifted

and full of character

Fading Garden Rose - Original Oil Painting by Robyn Palescandolo Size:30x30" to leave room for theThis is another rose from my garden, only later. The petals had mostly fallen, and the bright peach had faded to a soft, luminous white, though traces of warmth still glowed in the center. With its structure fully revealed, the flower felt bare but somehow even more alive. There was a kind of honesty in its openness, something quietly arresting in its vulnerability. I painted it against a deep plum ground, loose and expressive, to mirror the tension