Original Art Series by @sharonqian #1

Dear Steemian friends,

大家好！这是Sharon第一次为大家带来自己的作品“满天星”
It is my pleasure to share one of my favorite original still-life paintings with you in today's Original Art Series.

Let's take a tour around my art world!

Baby's Breath Flower满天星

Materials and medium材料和材质:
Acrylic painting on canvas丙烯颜料
Estimated time to paint: 10 hours约耗时10小时

This painting won the Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key Award in 2017.
这幅作品在2017年获得了学术艺术与写作大赛决赛银钥匙奖

What was the story behind this painting?
作品背后的故事

I drew this acrylic painting on my mother's birthday on March the 14th as a present to my mom.
这幅丙烯画是那年我送给妈妈的生日礼物。

My mother is passionate for many things in life. Among all those things she love, I will personally speak for her that her top three are photography, nature and my artworks. (Well I know for certain that my mom, as a amateur photographer who travels all around the world to capture natural beauties, definitely loves photography and nature. It may or may not be true that she entertains the same notion I have for my artworks. But I am very inclined to think that she appreciates them as much as I do.😂😂)
妈妈对生活一直有着令人敬佩的热情和爱。在那么多她爱的事物里面，我自以为麻麻最喜欢的三样分别是摄影，大自然和我的画（当然，作为一位可以为拍出感人的作品而北去敦煌，南去非洲肯尼亚的业余摄影师，我非常确信麻麻对摄影和自然人文的爱不予言表。至于对我的画的喜爱程度嘛，虽然麻麻不曾说过她对此对看法但我相信（暗搓搓希望）她和我一样欣赏并支持我的创作。

My mother is a natural art connoisseur who is able to discern and appreciate beauty in details. It does not surprise me that baby's breath is one of my mom's favorite flowers: it has a low-key appearance but many flower bouquets will not look as impressive without it. Baby breath is like a modest gentleman who does not desire attention but people cannot ignore its contribution to the aesthetic world.
妈妈是天生的鉴赏家。打我记事起妈妈好像就一直有一双发现生活中鲜有人察觉的美。就像这满天星，虽然它没有太过惊艳的颜色，在花丛中乍一看也顶多算个陪衬，但没有了满天星做点缀的花束却总让人觉得少了点什么。它就像一位谦谦君子，低调，温婉如玉却是这世间不可缺少的存在。

Lastly but not least, baby's breath has a beautiful meaning: the eternal love.
最后，满天星的花语“永恒的爱”正是我想对妈妈说的。

P.S. This is my first official art post and I hope Steemians will like my arts and support me along the way. Thank you all!
P.S. 这是Sharon第一次正式发文还希望Steemians能喜欢 鞠躬～