Petals of the Burning Sun

Lee, Nikki. Petals of the Burning Sun. 13 June 2016. Samsung Phone. Pixlr. 825px X 1500px

I have never been a fan of the color orange. In fact, I've avoided it in most of my art pieces. To me, this color seems loud, too loud. In my opinion, it's louder than the color yellow. I always felt that it takes away rather than add. In this art piece when I ran this picture across a couple of color filters, somehow orange stood out. All the warm colors such as yellow, red, and orange, just mixed so well. The colors also reflect the gentleness of a child which is indeed my niece at such a young age. The world is still new and beautiful to her. She gazes at the sky with wonder and I wanted the colors to match that wonder. The muted flower overlay further represent her innocence, beauty, and girly spirit. The yellow-dotted stripe going through the center is like a sun ray and I added the light bubbles to give that look of sun powerful light reflecting the overall mood.