“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away”

— Unknown

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I often gravitate towards the subdued, the dark, the melancholy, but when summer rolls around it's hard to avoid (or want to) the sunny happy colors that fill our days. From acid yellows to tomato red our vision is consumed by the bursting deliciousness of bright hues. A sensory overload that dances in our minds and hearts during those long days and longer nights of June and July. Happy days are these. 

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Some images are kindred spirits, they relate and respond to one another in a way similar to how body language communicates between two people. It’s chemical, mineral, visual. It’s couplings. - b.

“SHE HAD ROOMS IN HER MIND THAT SHE WOULD NOT LOOK INTO.”

— WALLACE STEGNER, ANGLE OF REPOSE

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An imaginary journey. It plays out like a forgotten romance on the silver screen. She enters with a basket full of flowers. He stumbles into her at a far away cafe. Their eyes interlock and windswept they fall into each others arms. Intertwined they stay as the hours turn into days and the days turns into weeks and weeks. Two lovers, lost only in each other's arms.

Some images are kindred spirits, they relate and respond to one another in a way similar to how body language communicates between two people. It’s chemical, mineral, visual. It’s couplings. - b.

My recent artistic endeavors are a collage created from several other paintings, which means for every painting I complete at least three “quick” paintings are required to assemble it. Did I just confuse you? Basically I create collages made entirely of original paintings by yours truly. Why? Because I love arranging flowers, and I love creating art and by combining these two things (twice over I might add) I’m sending a piece of my my heart out into the world to be looked at and hopefully admired by others. I'll share more on what the final images looked like soon (promise).

But I digress; you’re reading this because there are about 8 stunning photos of bouquets above this paragraph. When I’m creating the “quick” paintings that form the base of my final collage I draw inspiration from the endless wealth of floral still lives shared across the internet. From the flowers used to the backgrounds and colors, the expertise and artistry of the thousands of floral designers working across the globe astounds me. It must be shared. So here’s more about the photos you see above, and please click through and marvel at the other works by these great artists. - b.

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