Whoa did I just walk right up on the middle of the Deck of Cards painting the white roses red or is this the neatest lil abomination ever?!?

There’s an entire full rose bush full of these light pink flowers and hidden amongst them are these fascinating fuscia petals, either showing up as a handful of individuals…..

or, oddly enough, split directly down the center of a petal.

And you know once I find anything delightful or unusual in everyday plants I compulsively must see what will happen if I try to dry them for art.

These turned out pretty well so far! They’ve only been drying for about three weeks in the dark so the color is still so vivid. I’ll probably take one out and experiment with it in resin to see how well the color lasts because I sure would love to use these unusual specimens in a painting!

6.9.2021