Flippant Sunflowers is a painting by Phil Chadwick which was uploaded on January 28th, 2021.
Flippant Sunflowers
I was called Flip Flop as a child as I was always running and tumbling and falling. This title is in memory of my childhood nickname and also in the... more
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Title
Flippant Sunflowers
Artist
Phil Chadwick
Medium
Painting - Oil On Panel
Description
I was called Flip Flop as a child as I was always running and tumbling and falling. This title is in memory of my childhood nickname and also in the happy and loose way I worked on this painting of the sunflowers. The word "flippant" also did something of a flip-flop shortly after it appeared in English in the late 16th century. The word was probably created from the verb flip, which in turn may have originated as an imitation of the sound of something flipping. The earliest meanings of the adjective were "nimble" and "limber." All of these meanings apply to me: the way I worked on the painting and the sunflowers themselves. Flippant also describes the subject matter as I flipped the image horizontally from the first go at them in when I painted #2439 "Wendy's Sunflowers". I simply wanted to have fun. I also wanted to use the abundant oils that I had squeezed out for my earlier sunflower paintings - waste not, want not.
Sunflowers are the perfect inspiration during the shortest days and longest nights of the year as well as the darkest days of the COVID-19 Pandemic. A quiet period due to a pandemic apparently worked for Newton and Leonardo da Vinci. Quiet can be good when surrounded by nature and your thoughts.
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January 28th, 2021
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Comments (4)
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing painting is Featured, in ONTARIO CANADA, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing painting is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Mary Mikawoz
Congratulations on your Feature in Canadian Artists for Fine Art America!
Phil Chadwick replied:
Thank you Mary. We are all in this together. Being creatively constructive makes for a fun day!
A Hillman
Fabulous, Mr. Chadwick! Love the grayed-blue hue with the golden colors and the composition is just stunning! Just wonderful and the detail is great, too...whether it's really abstract, or a bit more realistic, your work is so unique and inspiring! Thanks for all that you create! L/F
Phil Chadwick replied:
Your kind comments continue to encourage me on my artistic journey SUnny. Thank you. One never knows where it will be lead. Life and art are grand adventures.
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