{"id":62,"date":"2026-07-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/work\/cut-flowers\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:59:29","slug":"cut-flowers","status":"publish","type":"kurato_project","link":"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/work\/cut-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A cut flower gives you about five days. That is the whole schedule. Each of these paintings was started the morning the flowers came in from the garden.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t

My neighbor grows roses along the harbor wall, and this summer she let me cut what I wanted. The deal was a small painting at the end of it.<\/p>\n

Flowers move. They open, turn to the window, and drop petals in the night. So I paint the center first, while it is fresh, and the leaves last.<\/p>\n

The pansies came from a window box on Quay Lane. They were the only flowers that lasted longer than the painting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n

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\"A<\/div><\/div>
Day 1 \u00b7 Cut at seven<\/span>

The roses were cut at seven and on the table by eight. The first lay-in took the whole morning.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Day 3 \u00b7 Lilies open<\/span>

The lilies opened on the third day and changed the whole picture. I let them.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Day 5 \u00b7 The last petals<\/span>

The big rose dropped its first petal on the fifth day, two hours after I finished it.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\n\t\t

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Cut 01<\/i><\/b> \/ 03<\/span>
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    \"A<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPl. 01<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPink Rose and Morning Glory \u00b7 40 \u00d7 50 cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t

    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04<\/b>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCut Flowers \u00b7 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t

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    \"Yellow<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPl. 02<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPansies \u00b7 30 \u00d7 40 cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t
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    Pinks are mixed from alizarin and white, never from a tube pink. The pansy petals are a single stroke each, laid down and not touched again.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    Panel<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    Oak, six coats of gesso<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    Brushes<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    Sable rounds, 2 to 6<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n
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    The whole series<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4 paintings \u00b7 Summer 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t