{"id":2363,"date":"2016-04-15T08:56:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2016-04-15T08:56:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T15:56:28","slug":"taking-time-to-stop-and-paint-the-iris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/15\/taking-time-to-stop-and-paint-the-iris\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Time to Stop and Paint the Iris"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2368\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2368 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/04\/245-iris.jpg?resize=432%2C576\" alt=\"245.iris\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watercolor sketch in my journal of one of the iris in my yard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here in my little slice of paradise spring has long sprung (sorry you guys in cold climes) and now it is iris turn to stretch out her long neck and open her beautiful face to the sky. The iris come in an awe-inspiring color palette that surprise and delight every year. Some time ago a friendly acquaintance asked me if I wanted some iris rhizomes (they look like a ginger root gone mad) he was digging out of his yard. I picked up a bucketful not really knowing what a treasure trove I had. The following year blooms of impossible beauty shot tall and sturdy in my yard. I have this purpley-pink\u00a0 bloom (above), and a surprising periwinkle blue one, there is a pale creamy yellow one and one that is a deep cabernet red and another that is a purple black of astounding darkness standing like the night sky facing the full sun. The flower itself is a delicate fluttering silk butterfly but the stalk it opens from is tall and sturdy and strong giving a wonderful jux of position. I have been admiring these beauties that rise from my garden with seriously no help from me now for at least 10 years. They rise and bloom and slowly fade and fall to burrow again in the comfort of the ground and spring forth strong and beautiful again each year, a good reminder of beauty and strength and resilience. Thank you iris, for standing as a bold reminder that I too can grow and bloom and fold fallow ready to bloom again when the time is right.<\/p>\n<p><em>The painting above is from my watercolor sketch book- I\u2019m teaching a Wine and Watercolor class this Sunday at a local winery Campo Vida <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campovida.com\/all-products\/wine-watercolor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>. If you have ideas of places I can teach or contacts with organizations or businesses that you think could pare well with a watercolor class, let me know and I will reach out to them<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here in my little slice of paradise spring has long sprung (sorry you guys in cold climes) and now it is iris turn to stretch out her long neck and open her beautiful face to the sky. 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