When I brought these flowers home they were absolutely loaded with bright green buds.  As the buds kept opening into big fat flowers I kept making adjustments.  I’m not complaining because the process was a pleasure even though it was a challenge.   I photographed the set up as a reference but painting the real deal is much more fun.  I almost named this “It’s All About the Buds”.   Another name might “Pregnant”.

I’m feeling political these days so just for fun I retrieved this from my archive.  The original sold but it can be reproduced in a giclee perhaps as a gallery wrap without a frame.    The price would vary with size but is certainly less than the origianl was.  God Bless America.  I know God “Blessed” Texas.  No doubt whatsoever.  There’s a saying in Austin……….”No, I wasn’t born here but I got here as soon as I could.”

These are brighter than Celadon is in reality but it’s summer and I love the look of  Fiesta Ware Pottery when I see it in the stores this time of year.  So I used my pieces and exercised some license.  I apologize to the men who get my blog because  this is such a “chick” thing.  It’s hard to separate women from table top themes because it’s like shopping – part of our DNA.   China – Pottery – Porceline – Earthenware ……the “stuff of dreams”  for women and boring to men.

The Merano Glass that I own is very subtle, almost like Alabaster in color.   I wish I could say I bought it in Venice.  I’ve heard about the near by island with the glass foundaries.   The Lizianthus were suggestd to me by my very artistic  florist for their intricate stems and buds.