This painting began last spring when a few friends and I decided to go to the local produce auction. The auction is held in the little Mennonite Community about 10 miles north of our little town. This was my first experience at such an auction and should probably be my last, but only spring will tell. Needless to say, it was an overwhelming rush of vegetable and floral beauty. All of the sudden, we were bidding on things really not understanding the bottom line. Did I mention... I'm not a mathematician? Side deals were being formed for butterfly bushes and black cherry tomato plants. Trading trees for rose bushes and an attempt to acquire all the perennials in the place. When the auction was over, we were sitting on the sidewalk trying to figure out how we are going to pay for all this since they don't take debit cards. And wondering how we are going to get all this home. We filled up three truck loads packed full of plants.
The flower in the painting now lives outside my chicken coop. When the flower dies and dries on the stem you are left we these beautiful pods that have these fine curls at the end. They are just as beautiful dried, as they were thriving.
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| Underpainting to add depth |
almost finished
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