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White On White -- Shabby Chic Country Floral Roses in White Vase -- Original Oil Painting by Steve Henderson, Oil, 16 x 20

White On White -- Shabby Chic Country Floral Roses in White Vase -- Original Oil Painting

Oil on Panel
16 x 20
Available

Price on request.

White on White, the original oil paintings, celebrates the subtle hues and variations of white in the world of nature, and in the world of flowers. A vase full of roses, accompanied below by daisies and carnations, is filled with elements of rose, lavender, cream, and gold.

 

In addition to the original oil painting, White on White is also available as a print in many formats -- framed, canvas, acrylic, metal, wood, poster -- at this link on our "sister site," Steve Henderson Collections. White on White is also available as an image on products you use every day, from coffee mugs to throw pillows, at Steve Henderson Collections. 

White Incorporates All Sorts of Color

Years ago, when we were building our house, it was time to paint the walls, and we decided on white.
Well, that was easy, we congratulated ourselves, until we got to the paint store and started looking at white chips. There are multitudes of variations on white -- some warmer, some cooler, some with a lilac tinge, others with brown, grey, blue, red, yellow, beige, green. When you put them side by side, they all have something to say -- and before we decided on one white in five-gallon buckets, we wanted  to make sure of just what they were saying.
So it is with anything white, and the flowers of White on White all have their variations in color and hue. While an element of pink and purple predominates, emphasized by the background folds of the fabric, other colors -- warm corals and oranges and yellows -- emerge as well, emphasizing the fact that when it comes to white, there is no such thing as white.
The implications of this, extrapolated into life as a whole, lead one to think twice, or thrice, before jumping to firm conclusions. In the same way that issues can't be divided into black on one side or white on the other, they really can't be fairly declared black or white in the first place -- simply because there are so many subtle gradations and graduated variations of everything.
It requires that we look closely and observe, letting our eyes travel from one petal to the next, past the leaves, around the vase, and into the background -- enjoying the play of light and shadow that lend depth, perception, and interest to the scene.
It's complicated, but so is everything about life. True white on white is pretty much a blank canvas, and where is the interest in that?

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