One of the most conceptually direct paintings in the series. Light appears to come from inside the bloom rather than fall upon it \u2014 radiance treated as something generated, not granted. The painting makes a quiet argument that presence begins within and only later becomes visible to everyone else. Built in layered oil and visible brushwork at full scale, the flower is given enough room to hold its own space. Like the rest of the series, it uses flowers as an emotional language \u2014 here, for self-possession and inner resilience.<\/p>\n
Working in oil on canvas at 48 \u00d7 48 inches, I build the flower through layered color and visible brushwork, letting the marks stay present rather than blending them away. The bloom is scaled large enough to hold its own space, refusing to shrink or recede. Like the rest of the series, it uses flowers as an emotional language \u2014 here, for self-possession and inner resilience. My work as a pediatric nurse practitioner shapes that interest in how strength forms quietly, from the inside out, before anyone else can see it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erin Smith<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3232,"featured_media":404161,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"o","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[486,180],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/404155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=404155"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=404155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}