red red rose

Inspired by Robert Burns' A Red, Red Rose.

“O, my love is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O, my love is like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune...”

- Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose, st. 1 (song/poem, 1794)

red red rose
watercolor and dry rose petals on watercolor paper
9" x 12"
2008