IF GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MET THIS FLOWER

I am a big fan of Georgia O'Keeffe's flower paintings. I always wonder what would happen if she had some of today's new flowers to paint. Some weren't available in the early 1900s.

I'm guessing she would be fascinated with Clerodendrum ugandense.

Here's the interior.

And here are the whiskers with the curved blue cap. There's lots for a painter to enjoy!

It's almost like music...perhaps a quartet of color...or a whole symphony of movement.

Here's a photo in the same style as Georgia O'Keeffe. This flower captures the abstract feel of her paintings. It becomes more than just a flower. It becomes a mysterious world of beautiful forms. 

Here's a deep interior shot. My camera fails at this point to capture the beauty. But this would be the beginning point for O'Keeffe. And that's why I love her paintings.

One of my favorite paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe

And one of her Iris paintings...another of my favorites.

That's it for today. The world needs another Georgia O'Keeffe. Any painters out there?

Thanks so much for stopping by my little garden.

David/:0)

HOW DO YOU RECONNECT WITH YOUR GARDEN?

I drive away in the car before dawn. I come back after sunset. Another day for a schoolteacher is done. I hardly remember to look at my garden and when I do it's with a longing to linger and watch the beauty unfold. Weekends are my only time to reconnect and even that is with a hurried pace that I do not enjoy. Here's what I found in the garden today.

The little red pentas

A sunlit strand of Artemesia

Me and my shadow

Lantana cluster

The strange world of Clerodendrum ugandense, the upside down flower

A grass dance

Glistening hairs at sunset

A pretty cascade

And the magic of the last rays of light.

The garden is a good place to be.

David/:0)