Sanguine

"Sanguine" - mixed media on canvas 60 x 90 cm

sanguine [ˈsæŋgwɪn]

adj

1. cheerful and confident; optimistic

2. (esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance

3. (Cookery) blood-red

4. an obsolete word for sanguinary [2]

 

 Summertime.....this painting gives me that feeling, a sort of a Mother Earth again, this time inspired by the beautiful Pohutukawa trees that grow and flower abundantly around this place where we live. They line the bays and the beaches and gaze peacefully over the ocean