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"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." -- Leonard Nimoy

Media: Watercolor and colored pencil on hot press paper, approx. 8"x12". Digitally corrected and adjusted in CS2.

Pose reference: this photo by Gilliann .

The challenge: Create a work of Star Trek art using all the colors of the rainbow. No non-canon characters allowed. (You can see all the contest entries at StarTrek-Club. )

So then, how to put all those colors into a single work, without painting a literal rainbow? Well, nothing is more colorful than a flower garden. My first idea was to do a picture of Amanda in her garden with toddler Spock. Unfortunately, most of the photo references available were too Madonna-and-child for my purposes. I kept the garden idea, but went with Spock and Uhura instead, because a rose garden lends itself so naturally to romantic themes. However, I'm not much of a portrait artist (still working on that), so I didn't attempt exact likenesses. They're just sort of generic versions of the characters.

This is the most ambitious watercolor I've ever done. In spite of a number of errors, I'm fairly satisfied with the final result, especially considering all the "firsts" in this picture (my first floral/garden scene, first attempt at a dark skin tone in watercolor, first use of two figures encroaching in each other's space). Hope you all enjoy this one!

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Description
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." -- Leonard Nimoy

Media: Watercolor and colored pencil on hot press paper, approx. 8"x12". Digitally corrected and adjusted in CS2.

Pose reference: this photo by Gilliann .

The challenge: Create a work of Star Trek art using all the colors of the rainbow. No non-canon characters allowed. (You can see all the contest entries at StarTrek-Club. )

So then, how to put all those colors into a single work, without painting a literal rainbow? Well, nothing is more colorful than a flower garden. My first idea was to do a picture of Amanda in her garden with toddler Spock. Unfortunately, most of the photo references available were too Madonna-and-child for my purposes. I kept the garden idea, but went with Spock and Uhura instead, because a rose garden lends itself so naturally to romantic themes. However, I'm not much of a portrait artist (still working on that), so I didn't attempt exact likenesses. They're just sort of generic versions of the characters.

This is the most ambitious watercolor I've ever done. In spite of a number of errors, I'm fairly satisfied with the final result, especially considering all the "firsts" in this picture (my first floral/garden scene, first attempt at a dark skin tone in watercolor, first use of two figures encroaching in each other's space). Hope you all enjoy this one!

All rights reserved. See Terms of Use on my Profile page.