May Blossoms
“The flower offers a removed beauty that exists only for beauty, more abstract than it can be in the human being, even more exquisite. One may begin with the human figure at the logical and realistic, but in painting the flower one must even begin at the exquisite and distinguished.”
—Maria Oakey Dewing
After the dreary colorless winter, I too am a “ garden thirsty soul.”
May brings its own exquisite beauty in the garden. I love how my little corner of earth bursts forth with a riot of color and a profusion of subtle scents. The roses first bloom happen all at once and they are untouched from any Japanese Beetles. The peonies add to the marvelous chorus of blooms and their round blossoms are a fascination. Each flower in my garden in May seems to be a little diva demanding my attention!
May Blossoms
(16 x 20 inches, oil on panel, collection of the artist.)