Rose ( detail)
Crab apple
Blc. Momilani Rainbow orchid
Gloriosa Lily / Flame lily
Brugmansia/Angel's Trumpet
Rosa rugosa
Lc. Bonanza Queen 'Panamint' AM/AOS
Brassia Datacosa 'Coos Bay' AM/AOS
Spotted Geranium / Geranium maculatum L.
Columbine
Butter and Eggs / Linaria vulgaris
Violets
Turf series #4
Phaleanopsis Taisuco Kochdian X Yukimi ( moth orchid)
Crocus
Nyssa sylvatica 'Red rage'
Paphiopedilum
Rosa Gallica Officinalis (Apothecary's Rose)
Lilium Sp Stargazer / Stargazer lily
Helianthus Annus (Sunflower)
Tillandsia Juncea
Sophrocattleya June Bug
Cyclamen
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When I was a child growing up at my family home in the rocky wilderness of Northeastern Connecticut, one of my favorite wild flowers was the flaming red, incredibly delicate Columbine. It grew tenaciously from the cracks in the granite bolders, nodding gracefully in the cool summer breezes. I had always wanted to paint this beautiful flower, but time and opportunity never coincided until this past summer when I had the most wonderful week of uninterrupted painting time there. This work and the Spotted geranium were created then. Shown at the New Jersey State Museum.
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