Sunflowers and Lemons
Harmony in Yellow Still Life with Sunflowers and Lemons
It seems to me that sunflowers are the most open and friendly of flowers, with their broad faces following the sun across the sky and how when they are bunched together, they just seem gathered as if in a group in pleasant conversation. Like ladies on a school day morning visiting after dropping off the kids.
Funny how some images will pop into the mind's eye.
However, I like it that connections are made and that looking at a sunflower reminds me of friends and acquaintances, creating a sense of familiarity in my life, and inspiring me to take notice of it. Painting a scene asks the same thing of me, to be more aware. And by actively raising my awareness, I feel as if my world becomes larger and more colorful.
This is an idea I hold true, that art inspires greater engagement in the world we live in.
Have a glorious day, my friend, and thank you for being a part of it.
This is a painting from my Bountiful Observations series, with 25% of the net proceeds of each sale being donated to the American Horticultural Society.