#2987 "Sunflower Friends"

#2987 "Sunflower Friends"
20 X 16 inches oils on stretched canvas.
Started at 10 am Saturday, November 22nd, 2025. 

I was starting to dither on #2986 "Tangled Singleton Sunflowers"! The entire canvas was blanketed in wet oil! I needed to move on, and the best way to do that is to pick up another canvas. I still had a lot of "sunflower" oils on my two palettes, so another sunflower painting was the logical choice. 

This is the twin of #2785 "June Sunflowers" which was painted from life, only flipped horizontally. Both are on 16-by-20-inch canvases. It amuses me that the numbers of each painting are appropriately jumbled dyslexically. I experimented with another colour combination employing the complement of yellow as a light shade on the wall and something different on the table. The main goal was and remains to have some fun with the paints. 

I have also painted my share of sunflowers over the years. There might be more than this that do not include “sunflower” in the title. Those paintings follow chronologically.

The Golden Ratio described in #2986 "Tangled Singleton Sunflowers" is always in my mind and art. Sometimes the incorporation of  Φ (pronounced "phi" - my name without the "l") is deliberate, but often Φ is accidental or by instinct. Something "golden" can just be appreciated without understanding why. 

I hope you are having a "Sunflower Day". There is still so much to learn about the Golden Rule... 

For this and much more art, click on Pixels or go straight to the Collections. Here is the new Wet Paint Chronological Collection. 

Warmest regards, and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick