Beautiful Thistle
by Rick Hansen
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8.000 x 10.000 inches
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Title
Beautiful Thistle
Artist
Rick Hansen
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Up close view of a beautiful wild thistle blossom in the morning sun. They are so colorful with a combination of pink and purple. A few years ago I painted a still life with a bunch of thistles in a green vase, and I've been fascinated with them ever since. I actually have a bunch of them growing in my yard, not only for the birds (for food), but for me to admire and paint. I photograph them quite often too, as seen by this beautiful image.
Thistle:
The common thistle is one of the most well-known and widespread thistle plants. Growing up to 5 feet tall in fields, meadows, and along roadsides, their spiky stems and leaves have prodded many a hiker, yet despite their prickly disposition, they have been intentionally cultivated for thousands of years.
Common thistles are perennial herbs that produce large, bulbous, purple flowers, which are quite striking, but not striking enough to shake the “weed status” given to this plant by green thumbs around the globe.
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December 21st, 2021
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Comments (13)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular thistle composition, lighting, shading, lovely pink colors and artwork! F/L voted
Rick Hansen
Johanna, Thank you for featuring my photograph in your group "Beautiful Flowers 1 Image per day"!
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