Thanks Trish and Chris....actually I always manage to kill my orchids.  This is from a digital photograph I took last year at the Franklin Park Conservatory here in Columbus, Ohio at the annual Central Ohio Orchid Society's two-day sale and show.  BTW,

Thanks Trish and Chris....actually I always manage to kill my orchids.  This is from a digital photograph I took last year at the Franklin Park Conservatory here in Columbus, Ohio at the annual Central Ohio Orchid Society's two-day sale and show.  BTW, for anyone else who lives in this area, that is coming up again on April 6-7.  Last year my husband Chuck and I each took around 300 pictures (!) which then allows me to go through and hand pick the best and ultimately turn them into enamels.  It is a very peaceful process to paint these....because if something is wrong, a simple swipe with a wet towel, and no trace remains of the offending part.  How good!

This was one of my first big wet packed/painted orchids (10" x 12" on 18 ga. copper)....kind of like impasto because I applied it pretty thick.  I did it after my beginning enamel students started flexing their own enameling muscles, and everyone loved

This was one of my first big wet packed/painted orchids (10" x 12" on 18 ga. copper)....kind of like impasto because I applied it pretty thick.  I did it after my beginning enamel students started flexing their own enameling muscles, and everyone loved watching how I did this.  It also attracted attention from the bronze casters from the next studio over.