Miniature Red Rose IV - Floral

Miniature Red Rose IV

Part of the thrill of what I do is being able to provide customers with the perfect art they're looking for to add to their home living spaces and their office decor.  When I don't have a customer request to work on, I create the images I want to see and be around.  I love customer requests, however, because it helps me get out of myself and create something for someone else to fit within their desires.

The good thing is, I've decided what I want to do when I grow up.  I love creating the artistic photography.  I love it better than straight photography, and I love it better than painting and drawing.  The beauty of it is, each piece involves the best of both worlds.  The benefit of it is I have a stock of so many photos taken over the past 20 years, I have a virtual encyclopedia of photos to choose from in order to create what anyone wants.  And if I don't have it, I can find it, photograph it, and create it for my customers.

The art above featuring the miniature red rose is a piece created for a customer.  She wanted a romantic, floral piece of art for a dining room.  She loves vintage, and wanted an antique feel to the work.  She wanted something unique and different than what's out there in all the stores, so she could be assured those she entertains won't be seeing something they have hanging in their own dining room when they visited hers.

She also wanted something a bit less "colorful" or "saturated" as many of my works are.  More brown, more earthy, she told me.  Less orange, less gold.  And I said, no problem!

I use heavy colors and a firm saturation of golds and oranges in my work for two reasons.  This goes back to my book I wrote many years ago titled Healing With Color.  We are living in times of financial distress, and we are living in times where people need healing in their lives.  In my book, I discuss the benefits of color therapy and how certain colors can be used in living spaces in order to achieve certain outcomes.  Gold is a rich color -- designed to bring about better financial situations.  Orange is a healing color -- it will bring about healing of the body, mind and soul just by being around it.  Red is an energetic color -- offering more vibrant energy to those who view it.  Green is the color of growth -- it is used to bring you more of the things you want in abundance.  And brown is an earthy color -- which brings a sense of grounding and stability to those who view it.  I feel many people in our world need more of all of these things, and that's why I tend to drift to those colors in my palettes.

But my customer wanted earthy brown, less saturation and a red rose.  So I prepared four images (see them all in my floral section).  Two with the use of the brown she desired, and two with the use of a more saturated look with green, to bring abundance.  Not surprisingly, she chose the artistic photo above.  Despite the fact the photo features a miniature rose, it's being ordered and framed in a large size, to make a big impact in her dining room.  Much to my surprise, however, she actually loved the other photos with the green textured background, and she is ordering both of them in matching mats and frames for another room in her home.

When you tell me what you want, I will often prepare a few choices for you.  Of course, I always strive to create something to fit your needs and desires exactly.  But I also like to prepare a couple of extra choices for you if I can, in order to encourage you to step outside the box and try something a bit outside of your color comfort zone. :)

So...now the question is, what kind of artistic photo can I prepare for you today?  Do you desire a landscape, a romantic floral design, a still life photo of something you love, or a beloved animal or bird for your home or office?  What are you looking for to compliment your home or office decor?  Go ahead and share your thoughts with me on what you want -- and let me see what I can come up with for you.  Feel free to email me a photo of the room you're looking to decorate with new art and I'll see what I can come up with for you!  Let me help you make your space YOU.

InJoy,

Jai

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