This painting started life as an abstract and some elements of that are still here. However, the piece really started to develop after a visit to a friend’s beautiful garden back towards the end of August. That’s when floral elements started to show themselves. I went back and forth on this one for about a month building up layers and thinking about it before I finally decided it was finished. The title comes from the anenomes that are on the right side which are sometimes called “windflower” and as well, the feeling of a breeze drifting through the petals of all the sunlit flowers.
Here is Tom’s lovely haiku which captures the scene so succinctly.
dawn over garden
summer world in soft dissolve
through the morning mist
image (c) 2020 Hilary Farmer
poem (c) 2020 TJ Radcliffe
…and the garden danced with joyful abandon. Beautiful painting! I love the mix of styles.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy the mix. It was hard in a way to decide to keep those different elements but I am glad I did.
You REALLY made the right choice switching careers, though I am sure you must have been good at the former before going to the latter. This is gorgeous!
Thank you! I was good at my former job but needed to paint more! Painting is bringing me joy and hopefully more and more to others too. 🙂
I love the grace and easygoing vibe in your work! It’s great!
Thank you so much!
Your talent as a painter gently astounds me each time I return for another beautiful blog post. And Tom’s inspired poetry adds another layer of beauty… Thank you both for sharing your creativity with the rest of us.
Thank you so much. I will make sure Tom sees your comment too.
beautiful with serene vibes!!!
Thank you! That was the feeling I wanted to convey – I’m glad you felt that. 🙂
you are very welcome! I shall return again to feast on your beautiful art!
🙂