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Can you imagine a world where there was only one kind of tree or one kind of flower? I would be on my "soap box" making the case for palm trees! Fortunately for all of us, we have the pleasure of enjoying a variety of design elements every day, whether it's in nature or art.
As for this piece...I enjoyed painting a plant that is in an abstract environment. It's okay with me that there is not a blue sky and a traditional landscape scene. The only danger with variety is that there can be too much which causes visual confusion. One of the first considerations in balancing variety with harmony is ...to keep the main thing, the main thing. This plant fits in beautifully with this background because the colors are so analogous. The choice to add more burnt sienna with some of the darker green and place it in the foreground was to warm up the painting a bit and ground this piece with some darker values. (Burnt Sienna would be a darker version of orange which is the split complement of green which is why it works so well.) Consider variety in your next work or simply look for it in other artist's work.
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