The Heart of Flowers

The Heart of Flowers
Copyright 2015 Hirschten
Oil on Canvas 16" x 20"
Prints Available on Fine Art America
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The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.

-Francisco Goya 

This painting is so very idealistic it hurts!  

It is belongs in the room of a young girl.  My grandmother and mother made me a quilt of these same colors when I was a child.  Feminine and ornate this painting reminds me of the Palace of Versailles and Baroque style.  The flowers that were in front of me last night as I painted it...  they are the objects that are so beautiful they are my salvation.  They are my comfort. 

A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.

-Juan Goytisolo