White Iris - For Van Gogh - Posthumously presented paintings of Sachi Spohn
by Cliff Spohn
Title
White Iris - For Van Gogh - Posthumously presented paintings of Sachi Spohn
Artist
Cliff Spohn
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
I do't know why she titled this For Van Gogh....
I am posthumously presenting some of Sachiko's artwork here because I know it is something she would have wanted. Creating art was a very private and personal thing to her, she would rather give you a painting or drawing than sell it to you. Although she could do, and did, very traditional type watercolor, she was always pushing into new directions. Sachiko had a wonderful sense of design and composition, and there too pushing in new directions. She was always drawing and working out designs which she would turn into paintings. She was an excellent seamstress, when we met she was creating abstracted soft sculpture plus her painting. She had always wanted to see her work made into greeting cards. She use to make her own cards, I would photograph her art and she would make cards from those and give them to people, they in turn would frame or treat the cards as art. Sachi tried three times to get her worked published by different publishers, all turning her down at the last minute, and as one would expect, got very disillusioned with the idea of getting worked published. She had taken a big break in her artistic life to raise two incredibly talented and beautiful daughters. She passed away in November 2009.
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September 12th, 2012
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Greta Corens
Marvelous iris and marvelous painter. If you want to know why Sachiko called this painting 'Van Gogh', maybe you can go to my own Iris painting also called "Van Gogh" and find my explanation enlightening perhaps.
Sweet Moments Photography
*Gorgeous painting of an Iris, and a very touching tribute to the woman that you loved. Voted/Fav. :)
James VerDoorn
Cliff, I don't know how long you and Sachi were together but I am sure you treasured every minute of it. Posting her work here is a celebration of her life. Thank you for sharing with us.
Cliff Spohn
Thank you Dale, I agree, it does seem to be that way, I hope that time, and paint, are leveling things off for you. I'm sending my best backatcha!
Cliff Spohn
Thank you Marlene for your warm and thoughtful comment. Posting her work is sort of cathartic to my minds realignment, plus I like looking at them;-)
Cliff Spohn
Thank you Pat, actually I have recently entered it in the watercolor flowers contest. This photo does not do it justice, in person it has a watery and cloud like feeling to it......