JO REIMER: English, Iris

Sunday, June 10, 2012

English, Iris

English, Iris. 4.1
12" x 12"
Collage on Board

It's springtime in Oregon and the iris are in bloom. My favorite iris grower is Schreiners Iris Gardens which is located in the valley south of Portland. This time of year the fields are in colorful bloom and their show gardens are amazing. I love to photograph the iris, the closer the better.

Peter Schutte, a world famous photographer who lives in Portland conducts a photography class called The Fantastic Iris and Other Flowers. If you're local and want to learn more about flower photography hop on over to Peter's website and sign up for one of his classes.

7 comments:

jgr3:37 PM PDT
Jo, this is beautiful! One of your best yet. I'm going now to check the link.
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iHanna5:01 AM PDT
Love this collage Jo, it's beautiful and makes me wanna make collage myself tonight. I haven't made one in several weeks and I miss it!
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Bren Graham Thebeau7:09 AM PDT
Very pretty, thanks for sharing, just imagining a field of irises!
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Bonnie6:47 AM PST
Absolutely gorgeous. I could look at this all day.
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Jo Reimer9:37 AM PST
It could be yours :) Lots of people have liked it (its on Pinterest, too) so I'm going to have giclee prints made.
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Art Tip: brush cleaning

As I work with acrylic medium for glue or with acrylic paints I stand my brushes in a bucket of water on my work table and give them a soap and water cleanup every day or so. But eventually my brushes get gunky and sometimes I forget to clean them. That's when I clean them with Murphy's Oil Soap. I keep an inch of MOS mixed 1:1 with water in a tall plastic tub (Feta from Costco) and put caked brushes in that solution overnight. By the next day the soap has softened the brush and with a bit of elbow grease I can get the brushes back to useable. This also works for brushes used with oil paint. I gave up using oils but wanted to save those good brushes and Murphy's Oil Soap came to the rescue. Get it at the grocery store.