Yellow Rose 5 - Digital paint
by Debbie Portwood
Title
Yellow Rose 5 - Digital paint
Artist
Debbie Portwood
Medium
Photograph - Phototography
Description
The first of several yellow roses with a digital painted effect. Wonderful for any wall in your home or office or perhaps a greeting card. Many more wonderful works can be found in my various galleries, from photographs and photoart to digital creations and abstracts. Thanks for browsing, commenting and most of all for any purchases. Debbie Portwood :D...................................The History of Roses - Roses have a long and colorful history. They have been symbols of love, beauty, war, and politics. The rose is, according to fossil evidence, 35 million years old. In nature, the genus Rosa has some 150 species spread throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from Alaska to Mexico and including northern Africa. Garden cultivation of roses began some 5,000 years ago, probably in China. During the Roman period, roses were grown extensively in the Middle East. They were used as confetti at celebrations, for medicinal purposes, and as a source of perfume. Roman nobility established large public rose gardens in the south of Rome. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the popularity of roses seemed to rise and fall depending on gardening trends of the time………During the fifteenth century, the rose was used as a symbol for the factions fighting to control England. The white rose symbolized York, and the red rose symbolized Lancaster, as a result, the conflict became known as the "War of the Roses."……….Roses were in such high demand during the seventeenth century that royalty considered roses or rose water as legal tender, and they were often used as barter and for payments. Napoleon's wife Josephine established an extensive collection of roses at Chateau de Malmaison, an estate seven miles west of Paris in the 1800s. This garden became the setting for Pierre Joseph Redoute's work as a botanical illustrator. In 1824, he completed his watercolor collection "Les Rose," which is still considered one of the finest records of botanical illustration…………It wasn't until the late eighteenth century that cultivated roses were introduced into Europe from China. Most modern-day roses can be traced back to this ancestry. These introductions were repeat bloomers, making them unusual and of great interest to hybridizers, setting the stage for breeding work with native roses to select for hardiness and a long bloom season. Many of these early efforts by plant breeders are of great interest to today's gardeners………..Roses are once again enjoying a resurgence in popularity, specifically, shrub roses and old garden roses. Gardeners realize that these roses fit the lifestyle of today's gardeners who want roses that are not as demanding with regard to disease control, offer excellent floral quality, have excellent winter hardiness, and fit into shrub borders and perennial gardens without seeming out of place. (This information was gathered from urbanext.illinois.edu/roses/history.cfm
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December 25th, 2013
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Comments (21)
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
Debbie, this is such an amazingly beautiful photo. Splendid colors combination and gorgeous details. f,l
Deb Halloran
Debbie, I love all of these..what a gorgeous series!! The colors in this one are so bright and vibrant..well done! v/f
Alfred Motzer
Not easy Debbie which rose to choose for they are all wonderfully sensitive and beautiful ...!! v/f
Robert ONeil
Debbie, this is a fantastic series!!! Love them all. Especially love this one. Beautiful work!! v
ABeautifulSky Photography
This rose series is so cool Debbie! Hard to pick one favorite! Especially love the multicolored background in this one! f/v
Hanne Lore Koehler
Just SPECTACULAR, Debbie!!! Wish you and your family a happy, healthy, prosperous 2014! L/F/T/G+
Sweet Moments Photography
Very beautiful Debbie! V ...wishing you and your loved ones wonderful Holidays. All the best for 2014 :)) Marilyn