She is the reason I began painting flowers. She was many things, but always a gardener. Over decades, she created a garden of beauty and calm with winding paths, a small pond, and billowing beds of flowers, ferns, and shrubs. Working in the garde
This is “Rejoice,” my newest painting, now available @andranorrisgallery . Three roses from my cottage garden dance against a blue sky, reminding me to always look outwards and upwards. “Rejoice” will be part of the exhibit
This is “Messengers,” just delivered to @andranorrisgallery for the upcoming exhibition SEED. 

I love looking back at a painting’s journey, from the first brushstrokes on the canvas laden with all the hopes I had its becoming. And
Dahlias have presence. They are not soft like roses, or as brazen as sunflowers. Dahlias say “Stop for a moment and look at my beauty. Be present in this very moment now.” These are a few of the dahlias who stopped me with their beauty