Rose Study No. 18

**This painting is already framed.** This rose study will forever give you your own personal moment of romance to enjoy, whisking you away and evoking memories spent in the presence of roses. About Rose Study No. 18: The phrase that comes to mind when I painted this one is “her majesty.” Standing tall, unashamed and dare I say fierce? Fierce, but soft…yet strong. In pink! A vision of femininity.   About the Rose Studies Project: No flower is more captivating to me than the rose. Exploring them through soft pastel has not only deepened my love for their romance and beauty, but it's giving me a reason to dig deep into my memories and extract such lovely moments to relive through art. But these experiences alone didn’t leave me satiated. I needed to express them…bring back the feeling long after the blooms faded. How can you not feel something when in the presence of roses? It's been oddly freeing to give myself this focus. Sometimes when “the world is my oyster” I feel debilitated with