April Roses with Palms

Several years ago, I bought and read the Franz Bischoff monograph that was published by the Irvine Museum. Bischoff’s vibrantly colored paintings of roses inspired me to revisit a favorite motif of mine: rose gardens. A small watercolor plus several sketches and drawings were done at a friend’s garden that is across the street from an historic allee of palm trees.  These became the reference materials that I worked from in my studio, where I created my own vibrant “April Roses with Palms”.