My First Painting: Two Pink Flowers in Watercolor

Two pink flowers with pale yellow star-shaped centers rise on thin stems from green and yellow calyxes, painted in loose watercolor washes on cream paper. A faint third bloom is cut off at the left edge, and the washes are soft and unfinished.

Artist

Mary Vaux Walcott

Date

ca. 1868

Medium

watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2880 × 2869 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum