Romantic Botanicals #20

Mr. Fantastic and the Strawberry Ball

Both girls are home sick again.  I can hear one daughter coughing while I paint.

The strawberry leaves are bold and I paint them in a fun graphic style to keep the image bright and simple. The bees swoop around never stopping at the flowers. The ants seem to be the pollinators. One bee crawls into a hole in the dirt beside the strawberry I am painting so I paint it. The strawberry runners loop around too.

romantic botanicals #20, Mr. Fantastic and the Strawberry Ball,  May 19,  2016 oil on canvas 9" x 12"

New white paint arrives in the mail just in time I am out of white.