Backyard Blooms, Oil on Gallery Canvas, 48x36 inches

July 2022

A couple of summers ago, after moving from a new development where there were barely any trees, I was transfixed by the lush greenery and the sense of satisfaction that a simple scene from my backyard in an older Orleans neighbourhood could bring.  “The light exhalation of an insignificant flower outlives all the joys and all the sorrows of a man–outlives the man himself. –Turgenev