Painting flowers provides a artistic haven in a world of political turbulence.
'Daffodils that come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty...'
Shakespeare 'The Winter's Tale'
‘…And cyclamens putting their ears back.’
D.H.Lawrence
Symbols of remembrance
‘The very pineapple of politeness’ Sheridan 'The Rivals'
“Fairy folks’ fingers casting spells; Lambs-tongue-leaves; a ring of bells.” Anonymous
'The flower buds of the delphinium are like dolphins on the Tyrrhenian. Or so some people say but I’ve never seen them that way.'
Anon
Dalmatian bellflower
Drawing after Ferdinand Bauer