Flora
“Marie's Roses”, 24” x 18”
Most of my grandmother’s garden work was utilitarian for food but as a young, married woman she planted a row of cliff roses just off the back porch and next to the kitchen windows. She tended the roses as her babies for years until they became a hedge wall. I can still see her face as she would pause in her chores or sit in her rocker, close her eyes, and become lost in the lovely fragrance.
“Spring Poppy”, 20” x 15”
Poppies are one of my favorite flowers but simply will not grow in my garden. I plant fresh seedling every year but the bunnies eat them before they can bloom.
“Manchester Poppies”, 15” x 20”
When I started my own flower garden a friend told me about his mother’s poppies. Apparently, his father refused to tear down an old shed that marred her view from the kitchen so she cultivated a field of poppies in front of it. Years later, when the shed was finally in complete disrepair, it couldn’t be removed without disturbing the flowers and she refused to let them be trampled.
“New Growth”, 15” x 20”
The colors and shapes of my flower garden when the weather turns hot.
“Pumpkin Splash”, 20” x 15”
The shapes and colors represent the many species of gourds and pumpkins put out on display at the farmer's market.
"Field of Gold", 11” x 15”
Reflections of the early morning and summer fields of Illinois.
“Hills of Galena”, 11” x 15”
Galena, Illinois in late summer.
