Haulin' Pollen
101 Oil Studies, No. 86
Objective: Realism based on my photographs of bee and century plant buds.
A Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) visits of blooms in the flower spike of a Century Plant (Agave palmeri) in my front garden. See the "Pollen Jungle" photograph and "Pollen Jungle the Movie" in my Emergence album, which documents the incredible end-of-life spike of the Century Plant.
Painted in 6 sessions: 13 Oct to 25 Nov 2025
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless otherwise noted): Cerulean blue, Winsor yellow, yellow ochre, lamp black, Permalba white, raw sienna. Mediums: Oleogel.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 inches)
Haulin' Pollen
101 Oil Studies, No. 86
Objective: Realism based on my photographs of bee and century plant buds.
A Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) visits of blooms in the flower spike of a Century Plant (Agave palmeri) in my front garden. See the "Pollen Jungle" photograph and "Pollen Jungle the Movie" in my Emergence album, which documents the incredible end-of-life spike of the Century Plant.
Painted in 6 sessions: 13 Oct to 25 Nov 2025
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless otherwise noted): Cerulean blue, Winsor yellow, yellow ochre, lamp black, Permalba white, raw sienna. Mediums: Oleogel.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 inches)