Red Rose Macro 4 Canvas Print

Red rose: Love, Respect, Courage, Passion, Well Done, Congratulations.
Bright red roses are interpreted as the ultimate expression of romantic love.
According to Greek and Roman mythology, the red rose was strongly associated with the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite.
Due to this connection, early civilizations adorned wedding functions with red roses and these flowers were also often part of traditional wedding wear. Red roses have since come to be known not only as a symbol of love but also of fidelity.Apart from being the ultimate symbol of love, red roses can also be used to celebrate courage, send out a message of congratulations, and symbolizes power.



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Tara Shalton is a self taught color pencil artist and photographer. Ever since she was a little girl, she liked to draw but never took lessons and never considered art as a career. Tara went to college, got a job, raised a family. She would draw sometimes when she could spare the time, but was mainly occupied by more pressing daily issues. After an especially traumatic event in her life, on the advice of her sister she started to draw again, and by doing so amassed a body of work that everybody loved. All of Tara's work is original, and is created by spending weeks at a time on each piece. Color pencils are the hardest medium to work with, because they are difficult to blend and it takes a tremendous number of strokes to complete a...