Living in the subtropics it really brightened my day to see these unlikely old friends spring into bloom in late winter. I grew up in colder climates with daffodils and azaleas, rhododendrons and roses. The icy winter breaking open into bright tender juicy spring blooms felt like magic. It still does
These transition times are fleeting as are the blooms. That all at once spring into existence then wilt and wither just as swiftly. To meticulously immortalise that moment in a meditative layering of shapes, 100s of different hues of green and 1000s of brushstrokes was both painstaking and a joy.
Living in the subtropics it really brightened my day to see these unlikely old friends spring into bloom in late winter. I grew up in colder climates with daffodils and azaleas, rhododendrons and roses. The icy winter breaking open into bright tender juicy spring blooms felt like magic. It still does
These transition times are fleeting as are the blooms. That all at once spring into existence then wilt and wither just as swiftly. To meticulously immortalise that moment in a meditative layering of shapes, 100s of different hues of green and 1000s of brushstrokes was both painstaking and a joy.