"Sarah's Violets" oil on canvas 16 x 20 The deep blue violets are gradually resurging in our wild garden this spring. Last May I carefully dug each tiny volunteer in our grassy areas, transplanting it into the back garden to edge the black path leading to the ravine. My happy surprise was their utter enthusiasm for the move. The transplants might have been only a few inches round but, mulched with several years of fallen maple leaves, they stretched out, even shouldering one another for space, competing to produce large flowers for several months. Even when the flowers were gone, the gorgeous rosettes of heart-shaped leaves persisted until fall. The heavy rains today will coax them out again this year, I hope.
When I tried to put them on canvas last year, the violets were less cooperative, however, but I had an ace in the hole: good and talented friends are an essential part of the creative process. "Sarah's Violets" is so-titled because of her help when the painting was wrestling me to the mat with background/foreground issues; Sarah, who paints flowers beautifully, knew exactly what advice to give. They are hers in spirit.
When I tried to put them on canvas last year, the violets were less cooperative, however, but I had an ace in the hole: good and talented friends are an essential part of the creative process. "Sarah's Violets" is so-titled because of her help when the painting was wrestling me to the mat with background/foreground issues; Sarah, who paints flowers beautifully, knew exactly what advice to give. They are hers in spirit.
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