flower painting – Jessie Rasche

Oil painting on canvas of flowers. Minnesota and South Dakota artist.

April 1, 2019March 19, 2016 by Artist Jessie Rasche

I can’t not think about Georgia O’keeffe when painting flower close-ups, and of course her flowers were a bit saucy. So this title is a bit of an homage to her… I started this painting yesterday, and when I came back today to work on it, I found that the flower had relaxed in a …

Yellow roses painting (available). Minnesota and South Dakota artist.

December 5, 2023February 3, 2016 by Artist Jessie Rasche

These are the same roses from yesterday, but this painting is so thick… There’s a lot of pallet knife work here. On a completely different topic, I’ve been waffling for years about how to categorize my paintings on my web site. I used to have them categorized by subject (landscape, figurative, still life, portraits), but …

Flower painting: violets (available). Minnesota and South Dakota paintings.

January 12, 2016 by Artist Jessie Rasche

I’ve noticed that some vibrant greens and oranges and violets have been making appearances in my paintings occasionally. The last couple days I’ve been really enjoying that and going with it. I am always completely astounded by how different paintings look outside in the shade (1st picture) vs inside with indirect light. This painting is not …

Violet flowers oil painting. Minnesota and South Dakota paintings.

January 11, 2016 by Artist Jessie Rasche

I’ve been wiping painting after painting the last several dayst. This one is pretty wild, but I like the colors a lot (and the wildness). Saved for show. But here are my available paintings.

Window II – flower painting by Jessie Rasche

February 10, 2012 by Artist Jessie Rasche

Flower painting – I love painting backlit flowers. It’s something about the light coming around the edges. But it’s hard to actually see the flowers when they’re backlit! What do you think? If you enjoyed this post, please share it! “Window II,” 8″ x 6″, oil on wood, simply framed

Backlit Bouquet

April 2, 2019July 4, 2009 by Artist Jessie Rasche

I painted this one really quickly today, and it came out nice and warm. It shows backlit yellow flowers stretching up to a warm sky. Here is another flower painting.

Blossoms Flower Painting

April 2, 2019May 10, 2009 by Artist Jessie Rasche

I’ve been painting some flowers set up in my window again… And in the process I pulled out some of the first flowers I painted. Here they are! Above: Blossoms / 6×8 / oil on canvas Unframed, free shipping. White blossoms from the back yard. I like the translucence that came through in the green …