23 responses to “The Black Iris”

1. Wonderful ♥️

2. We chose the same painting, Björn! And I love that they are so different. I see you focused on the ‘burnished eye’, and I love the ‘shades of soot / sfumato ink washed’. You saw the bloom while I saw something else.

   • exactly…. which is why I love these prompts.

     • Me too!

3. Nice one, I also wrote of the iris

   much💛love

4. Exquisitely gentle and so painted here.

5. Short but still impactful! I love “kiln-forged to my manifesto
   of mannerism & mood”

   and “with
   shades of soot
   sfumato ink washed
   & embraced
   in gentle bloom”

6. I was tempted by that image of ‘Black Iris’, as my ex-partner has had some dark experiences of eye surgery recently, now resolving at last.

   I love what you did with it. Like Melissa I am taken away by

   shades of soot
   sfumato ink washed
   & embraced
   in gentle bloom

   Thank you Bjorn!

   • I went through some eye-surgery a few years ago too… retinal detachement.

     • Hoping that your sight, your insight, and your delight are all undimmed…

7. Lovely poem.

8. The burnished eye set the mood to end with a gentle bloom. A juxtaposition of moods which I think O’Keefe intended in her painting.

   • The dark center really captured me… almost like a tunnel of love.

9. I think you had a very keen eye on this iris, pulling out some beautiful interpretations. I enjoyed the video too, complimenting the gray. Love that group as well.

10. I chose the same image, but went somewhere else.

    Impressive images!

11. ah, bravo, bjorn! i loved what you did with this image ❤

12. A soothing painting and poem….

13. you express how the painting acts on the viewer. Bravo

14. O’Keeffe draws out many interpretations straddling the line between abstract and representational – great take Björn…

15. Beautiful poem, Bjorn!

    Yvette M Calleiro 🙂

    http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

16. What a beautiful, gentle verse complementing the painting.

17. We both picked this painting, and saw it differently. Nice work, Bjorn.

18. I love the ‘burnished eye’ more so – kiln forged – something about the power of heat.

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