Romantic Botanicals #3

Windy Bell

My son was upset when I was painting this so he said, " I'm going to dig up all the flowers so you can't paint them." Then he got out the shovel.  He was bored and I was supposed to fix that. It is hot and dry and there are only a few blue bells not wilted. Even though the flowers were threatened with being dug up, none were.

I smear the paint as wind makes the plant tract many positions.  Xes of the pine needles and the Os of the choke cherry pits ring the base of this swaying plant.  It is a light and fast work.

romantic botanicals #3 May 2,  2016 oil on canvas 9" x 12"