Re: OT-ART: STARSHIP ENTERPRISE Painting
- Subject: Re: OT-ART: STARSHIP ENTERPRISE Painting
- From: P* D*
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:39:20 -0600
From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
Iris-Talkers,
I see I had another "senior moment" last night in my message regarding the
painting. DIANE PRATT, not DRAKE.
Brain-dead at 43,
Perry Dyer
Oklahoma
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 8:29 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] OT-ART: STARSHIP ENTERPRISE Painting
>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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