Oil painting of a bouquet with a large yellow rose, several red roses, and two sunflowers on a dark violet background, illuminated by soft golden light.

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.

Oil painting of a bouquet with a large yellow rose, several red roses, and two sunflowers on a dark violet background, illuminated by soft golden light.
A luminous bouquet where light and shadow dance among roses and sunflowers.

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