Artist's Statement:
The Stargazer lily is a hybrid, created so that the petals look to the sky rather than curve downward. Various colors exist, some quite exuberant. These Stargazers are primarily white, which allows the front-facing flower to provide the perfect backdrop for an intricate and elegant pattern in purple.
Oil on Canvas
40 x 30 in
The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat'ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
​William Blake Songs of Innocence and of Experience
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[W]hy are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
​Mathew 6:28-29 (American Standard Version)
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Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls.
Sylvia Plath Crossing the Water
Art as an Oasisâ„¢
Art as an Oasis is a series of occasional postings from the art of Carrie Kleinberger
providing a temporary respite from both mundane and monumental cares
complimented by words of wisdom from a diversity of others.
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