Touched by the Sun

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This dahlia is from Mike and Julie’s garden where the Zin vines I’ve painted grow. All the Browns were at their place for a barbeque one day in the late summer of 2008. The low evening light on this flower caught my eye.

This painting swam in my imagination for weeks while I was preparing for, doing and recovering from showing my art at ArtExpo in New York in early 2009. I couldn’t wait for the time and energy to bring it through.

Its name comes from a Carly Simon song title. I’ve played this song for years and years, whenever I wanted to sing out or juice up my inspiration. This single bloom stands on its own – lit externally by the sun as well as from within by its own power.

April 2009 – 41″x29″ – Watercolor on paper