Besides the sole fact that receiving the flowers inspired me to paint them as a Still Life, I was also inspired by Van Gogh's still life painting; "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers." I've never painted a still life painting before, but since Van Gogh is my favorite artist, I remembered all the still life painting's he's done of sunflowers. I decided to use him as inspiration when creating my still life painting to get an idea of how to create form in my flowers, as well as the details of each petal.
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Vincent Van Gogh painted "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" in August of 1888. This painting is included in a series of other sunflower paintings done by Van Gogh. He painted a series in anticipation for waiting for his friend, Gauguin, to arrive back. He painted them bright yellow as a way to symbolism a warm welcome for the arrival of his best friend. The series were meant to convey his gratitude..
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