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Hey everyone! I'd love to hear your thoughts on this if you have a moment.

Tadahiro

Hey Cary, glad to join the discussion! This piece makes me think of 18th century Japanese Edo period works and also french impressionism

Liliana

Oh, I see that too. Just curious Cary, usually so many of your pieces have depictions of a mythological animal. Was it intentional to leave it out of this piece?

Thanks for joining Maya and Sasha! That's a good point. I wanted to explore the symbolic nature of flowers.

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I see this piece as almost a reflection of an inner journey or struggle. I think adding a mythological creature would take me out of that realm.

Liliana

I noticed you said you used photographs of the botanical elements from your trip. Can you talk about that process a bit more?

Yes, I recently went on a hike in the mountains and photographed some delicate small flowers pushing through the rough and cold cracks in the ground. There was just something so beautiful about their perseverance. I used those as references for the botanicals.

Tadahiro

The leaves from the top don't feel rooted the same way as some of your other recent pieces I saw on your website. Maybe try enlarging the scale of those elements to root them into the foreground.

Diana

That's interesting Sasha. I agree that you can experiment further with scale using more botanic elements. It may create a more immersive experience, almost like peeking through the leaves to get to the mountains in the background.

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I do really like this color palette. I know you said you were struggling with it, but it's well balanced. Most of your other pieces benefit from more saturated colors, but a cooler palette demands a bit more of a softer approach.

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I noticed you said you used photographs of the botanical elements from your trip. Can you talk about that process a bit?

Good point. I can be a bit bolder with the scale shifts in the piece.

I also see the idea of life cycles in this piece through the interplay of light and dark you created, like the life cycle of the day.

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I do really like this color palette. I know you said you were struggling with it, but it's well balanced.

I also see the idea of life cycles in this piece through the interplay of light and dark you created, like the life cycle of the day.

No I agree. They help make the piece pop. Keeping it subtle like you have it is the right approach

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