OT-ART: STARSHIP ENTERPRISE Painting
- Subject: OT-ART: STARSHIP ENTERPRISE Painting
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 19:29:50 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: "Carryl M. Meyer" <carrylm@bigsky.net>
> The picture of 'Starship Enterprise' on the front of Schreiners is very
> similiar to the flower seen during the national meeting in
Sacramento--but
> a photo is what we are used to seeing--even with some blues and purples
not
> quite right--so we accept the photo as being correct and not the artist's
> rendition--Schreiner's probably paid a lot for the artist to paint the
> picture--and I think it is a lot closer to the flower than many other
Iris
> paintings I have seen--any way--it sure is great--and a breath-taking
> flower!!!
Carryl,
Diane Pratt, the artist who painted the portrait of STARSHIP ENTERPRISE
that is featured on the cover of Schreiner's 1999 catalog, lived in Salt
Lake City and brought the original of the painting to the 1998 Region 12
Spring Meeting. I will have to say that it was about the most impressive
depiction of an iris I have ever seen. She was a very talented artist, and
it is indeed sad that she passed away last summer, thereby depriving the
iris world of many more fine representations of our favorite flower that
she might have created.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
Where spring has arrived in the form of the first flowers of the season -
Ii. danfordiae and reticulata and 4 varieties of Crocus chrysanthus (all
Irids, naturally)
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