Embrace, Rosa "Compassion" water color

Rosa "Compassion" is one of my favorite 'models'. It is gorgeous, has a beautiful fragrance and is extremely elegant, with its rosy red stem and thorns. I also love the name. What would the world be without compassion...?

"This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove to be a beauteous flower when next we meet"

William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

© Gusta van Dobbenburgh