Bed Of Roses

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A Bed of Roses is a well know expression today and yet within this composition the artist has added some quirky details in order to bring another and less obvious facets to this oil painting. A Bed of Roses is an English expression that was taken from a poem of Christopher Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love – “And I will make thee beds of roses; and a thousand fragrant posies”. In Marlowe’s poem the Shepherd was implying that he would make life very easy and happy for His Love: And today it continues to signify the same.

Flowers have long since offered people a way to express their emotions and roses are regarded as one of the most expressive: Hence Marlowe’s Shepherd uses the rose to symbolize high emotions. While Marlowe made no reference to color; and rose colors symbolize different sentiments: The red rose is the flower of lovers. It signifies love, desire and passion. By placing each bright red rose on a bed of pink petals upon a fiery red scorched background (this color signifying great passions) the artist has taken the idiom a bed of roses one step further - A combination of red and pinkrosesalso symbolizing a romantic relationship. This is a quirky piece that will hold interest for many years to come.