Monochromatic Underpainting for Bee Dancing with Daisies Cookiescape Number 2 Trompe L'Oeil Art Print | Limited Edition of 50

This limited-edition print is of the Monochromatic Underpainting of Bee Dancing with Daisies, Cookie Landscape Number 2. It shows the artistic process of working through the complicated details of Bee Dancing with Daisies, using just Burnt Umber and Titanium White paint. This stage of a painting is then covered over with many translucent layers of paint, and so it no longer exists in this form, since the painting is finished in full color. You may notice that there are still many subtle changes that I made to the final Bee Dancing with Daisies, but this monochromatic underpainting helped me to resolve most of the complex design issues before I got to the color stage. Without the monochromatic underpainting, painting something as complicated as Bee Dancing with Daisies would be near impossible. 

From the description of the final Bee Dancing with Daisies: 

This print is based on a painting full of happy imagination that I hope will incite a sense of joy and wonder in those who see it. To create the model for the painting, I baked, stacked and decorated sugar cookies, and used frosting not only on the cookies, but as the background and the stems of the "daisies."  The swirls of the frosting help to create a sense of movement, capturing the dance between the cookie bee and cookie flowers. It was painted in the trompe l'oeil style, which means to fool the eye. The original painting is flat, with all of the seeming textures and shadows creating depth all part of a convincing three-dimensional illusion. The original is currently a finalist in the prestigious Richeson75 Small Works 2025 competition. It will be on view at the Richeson School of Art and Gallery in Kimberly, Wisconsin, from February 21 to April 2, 2025. The original will be made available for sale at a later date. 

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• Print size 12" x 12"; borderless.
• Limited Edition of 50
• Signed and numbered by Kim Testone
• Giclée print on heavy-weight museum-quality paper using archival Epson UltraChrome inks
• Unframed