Botanicals #7

seventh painting
It is raining and I chose to pick a crab apple blossom and use it as a still life in the studio.
I really wish I had a tarp or large umbrella set up. This just felt sad to do as I had picked and therefore killed the branch. The branch was so gnarly obviously from years of growth, it is from a old tree. There are birds in the trees outside my window but it is so still and lifeless inside.

It is a pale painting, the sky is pale with clouds and the blossoms are pale. I went with a soft smeary strokes.

botanicals # 7 May 7, 2015  oil on canvas 9" x 12"