Thursday, December 19, 2013

Lotus and Water Lilies

This winter I launch a series of hand painted greeting cards for my booth at the Arts Market. Among the cards, I specifically painted some water lilies and lotus. I always like these flowers, which impress me with their simplicity and pure look. They look outstanding than the other flowers.I adopt light hot pink and fine black outline to stand out their innocence.
In Asian culture, water lilies and lotus are elegant flowers.  When I traveled in Bangkok, I saw each believer carried a stem of petals-folded lotus streaming into the Buddhist temple. In contrast to a bunch of mixed flowers, I think a stem of lotus fittingly symbolizes the believers' heart to their god. So pure and simple.

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