The flower is the poetry of reproduction.  It is the example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

                                                      Jean Giraudoux

      This painting has taken a long time to evolve.  I have a wonderful new teacher who suggested the shadow in the upper right hand corner.  What a nice dramatic touch!  I had a difficult time deciding on the value for the purple flowers in the front.  The photograph I was working from didn't have much depth at all and I really wanted the smaller flowers to really come out of the picture.  This may need a little more tweeking but for now I am setting it aside.