Romantic Botanicals #11

Stormy Ms. Violet

I was grumpy all day and doubting myself. Why am I doing this.... It rained all day and then it didn't. I started painting at 6:20 pm, a dim and cold time. I had to cancel two evening outings because I wanted to paint.

The only dry spot is under the big pine tree and it's lone tiny violet. Scale is important in this work to show being small in a big world. I swirl the pine needle in storminess. The little clover friend is violet's refuge.

romantic botanicals #11, Stormy Ms. Violet , May 10,  2016 oil on canvas 9" x 12"