Rose Mallow
by Gordon Beningfield
Title
Rose Mallow
Artist
Gordon Beningfield
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Watercolor Paper
Description
Rose mallow (Hibiscus palustris) has become a garden favorite and is naturalized throughout North America. The flower thrives in salty or brackish marshes near the coast. It grows up to seven feet high and may show fifteen to twenty blossoms at once. The flowers range in color from white to deep rose, with a creamy spike protruding from the center. Bees and humming birds are greatly attracted to the showy blossoms for the easy-to-get-at nectar.
Gordon Beningfield was born in London, but spent his childhood in rural Hertfordshire. He began his career as an ecclesiastical artist, and his commissions included engravings of seven glass Memorial Windows for the Brigade of Guards in the Guard's Chapel, London. Although he began to build a reputation for himself as a wildlife artist in the early 1960s, it wasn't until 1974 that a Look Stranger television program brought his work to the notice of a larger audience. After that, Beningfield was regularly in the public eye with periodic appearances on the BBC's In the Country program. The quality of his work, of course, steadily enhanced his reputation as one of Britain's leading painters of the countryside. His work first appeared in book form in 1978 with the publication of Beningfield's Butterflies, followed by Beningfield's Countryside. Many of his works have been displayed in international exhibits. His art was first immortalized on postage stamps in 1981 when his paintings of Britain's butterflies were chosen to be featured on that year's special British stamp issue. His appearances on television and publication of books made him a familiar artist in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
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April 6th, 2022
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