Midas’s Touch (For Sale)
This was the biggest canvas I’d ever worked on back in high school, and I went all in. I wanted to paint a sunbeam—one of those quiet, golden ones that slips into a dark room and makes everything feel like magic. The dust in the light was key: I painted it like specks of gold, turning petals metallic as they caught it. The central rose glows in yellow and orange shadows, and the sunflowers feel radiant and reflective. A smaller rose beneath looks like it’s mid-transformation, its petals shifting into gold. The red roses are lush, some with orange accents, and I layered in magentas, cool greens, and purples to keep the whole thing rich and harmonious. I thought this would be the first painting I’d ever sell (it wasn’t), but it still feels like a turning point—like I touched something golden and kept going.
