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As I said yesterday, I am done with winter paintings. Winter is over where I live and in my heart. Time to move on to the spring stuff! We plein-air painters are seasonal creatures, sensitive to the changes in temperature, the angle of the sun, and the life cycle of plants. It's hard to paint snow inside when daffodils and hyacinths are blooming outside. Even if we paint in our studios on a rainy day, our mind and heart yearn for the outdoors.
It was a soggy day yesterday; I got drenched top to bottom doing yard work. The Southeast was pummeled by the destructive tornadoes. I, however, painted "Spring Garden" from a photo I took last year on a most beautiful spring day. The subject is a white garden gate at River Farm in Alexandria, VA.
The gate glows in the sun. Irises, daisies, peonies, and some other white flowers are blooming. The power of art is such that it will be always spring in "Spring Garden." Flowers will never die. The sun will never go down. I love art.
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