Help finding artist

[Brigitte Josephina]

I am looking for the artist who created this painting. I saw this painting in Second Life on 10/14/2012 at 9:39 PM. I took a picture of it and cropped the image so that it only shows the painting. Unfortunately I was a newbie in 2012 and did not look for any info about the painting by clicking on it and seeing who created it. Now if I like something in Second Life, I always look up that information so I can buy it. I looked in my chat logs for 2012 and teleported to all the landmarks listed in my chat logs for September and October 2012 hoping to see it again. I could not find it. I also looked on SL Marketplace at art of roses and could not find this one. The reason I want to know the artist's name is I love this painting. I want to buy it in Second Life. I am an artist and I want to ask permission to paint a rose like it on a wooden box. 

[Ethan Paslong]

13 minutes ago, Brigitte Josephina said:

I am an artist and I want to ask permission to paint a rose like it on a wooden box.

just teasing ... but also a bit serious...

if you don't own the pic why publish it here? ...

i know it's the only way to find out, perhaps, a answer, but the same time you spread the pic now....

And as 99% of SL  "art" ... it's most likely just ripped from the internet.

[RikaOfThunder]

that's from an artist named Arthur Albin, it's also a commercial piece so that original image was definitely stolen lol

http://www.gallerydirect.com/art/product/arthur-albin/rose-study-i

[Brigitte Josephina]

Thank you so much RikaOfThunder !!! The artist who created the rose painting is Arthur Albin.  I was pessimistic that I would ever be able to find the artist, while searching in Second Life, a friend suggested that I ask in the SL Forum and look... it worked... and fast!  Thank you again!