Bougainvilleas have always meant home to me. They spill over walls and rooftops in impossible pinks and magentas — everywhere, ordinary, and somehow always breathtaking. This painting is my way of carrying that warmth with me.
At ten feet wide, Bougainvilleas, Flowers of My Land is made to command a room. The oil is worked in bold, gestural blooms that read as pure color from across a space and dissolve into texture and movement as you come closer. It belongs on a large wall — a foyer, a stairwell, a great room — somewhere it can breathe and set the tone for everything around it.
A statement of color, memory, and the place I come from.
— Bougainvilleas, Flowers of My Land Oil on canvas · 120 × 48 in Original work by Jessica Bortoni Painted in the artist's home, Edina, MN · 2017
Bougainvilleas have always meant home to me. They spill over walls and rooftops in impossible pinks and magentas — everywhere, ordinary, and somehow always breathtaking. This painting is my way of carrying that warmth with me.
At ten feet wide, Bougainvilleas, Flowers of My Land is made to command a room. The oil is worked in bold, gestural blooms that read as pure color from across a space and dissolve into texture and movement as you come closer. It belongs on a large wall — a foyer, a stairwell, a great room — somewhere it can breathe and set the tone for everything around it.
A statement of color, memory, and the place I come from.
— Bougainvilleas, Flowers of My Land Oil on canvas · 120 × 48 in Original work by Jessica Bortoni Painted in the artist's home, Edina, MN · 2017
