Original Art Series by @sharonqian #1

Dear Steemian friends,

大家好！这是Sharon第一次为大家带来自己的作品“满天星”
It is my pleasure to share one of my favorite original still-life paintings with you in today's Original Art Series.

Let's take a tour around my art world!

Baby's Breath Flower满天星

Materials and medium材料和材质:
Acrylic painting on canvas丙烯颜料
Estimated time to paint: 10 hours约耗时10小时

This painting won the Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key Award in 2017.
这幅作品在2017年获得了学术艺术与写作大赛决赛银钥匙奖

What was the story behind this painting?
作品背后的故事

I drew this acrylic painting on my mother's birthday on March the 14th as a present to my mom.
这幅丙烯画是那年我送给妈妈的生日礼物。

My mother is passionate for many things in life. Among all those things she love, I will personally speak for her that her top three are photography, nature and my artworks. (Well I know for certain that my mom, as a amateur photographer who travels all around the world to capture natural beauties, definitely loves photography and nature. It may or may not be true that she entertains the same notion I have for my artworks. But I am very inclined to think that she appreciates them as much as I do.😂😂)
妈妈对生活一直有着令人敬佩的热情和爱。在那么多她爱的事物里面，我自以为麻麻最喜欢的三样分别是摄影，大自然和我的画（当然，作为一位可以为拍出感人的作品而北去敦煌，南去非洲肯尼亚的业余摄影师，我非常确信麻麻对摄影和自然人文的爱不予言表。至于对我的画的喜爱程度嘛，虽然麻麻不曾说过她对此对看法但我相信（暗搓搓希望）她和我一样欣赏并支持我的创作。

My mother is a natural art connoisseur who is able to discern and appreciate beauty in details. It does not surprise me that baby's breath is one of my mom's favorite flowers: it has a low-key appearance but many flower bouquets will not look as impressive without it. Baby breath is like a modest gentleman who does not desire attention but people cannot ignore its contribution to the aesthetic world.
妈妈是天生的鉴赏家。打我记事起妈妈好像就一直有一双发现生活中鲜有人察觉的美。就像这满天星，虽然它没有太过惊艳的颜色，在花丛中乍一看也顶多算个陪衬，但没有了满天星做点缀的花束却总让人觉得少了点什么。它就像一位谦谦君子，低调，温婉如玉却是这世间不可缺少的存在。

Lastly but not least, baby's breath has a beautiful meaning: the eternal love.
最后，满天星的花语“永恒的爱”正是我想对妈妈说的。

P.S. This is my first official art post and I hope Steemians will like my arts and support me along the way. Thank you all!
P.S. 这是Sharon第一次正式发文还希望Steemians能喜欢 鞠躬～

@sharonqian All rights reserved. Please contact me if you intend to use my arts in any circumstances.
All paintings and drawings in my art series are my original artworks and all still-lifes are set in my art studios in Charlotte and in Nanjing.