FLEETING COLOR 2013,14,15,16,17, & 23

When asked about summer vacation.

What now?

“I’m going to make paintings of flowers.”

When flowers were a taboo subject.

In the same category with bunny rabbits and frogs.

A week later, glancing at a top shelf in Ikea’s home decorations.

The leftovers from a weekend sell:

ransacked,

artificial,

potted flowers.

In disarray.

The flowers with their beautiful, sweet faces, were awkwardly facing the wall.

THE BEGINNING:

I made my first flower painting.

TITLE: The Ikea flower adventure.

THEIR PLASTIC BEAUTY CAPTURED MY ATTENTION.

I Made 19 flower paintings during a ten-year period. Each with their own story.