South of the Border

My friend Martha, with whom I became friends when we both found ourselves at the American School in London for our senior year of high school, grew up in Southern California and has an affinity for south-of-the-border culture, color, flora, and flair.

She recently sent me a photo of a Mexican Shellflower strutting its stuff in her Portland, Oregon, garden. With a little south-of-the-border flair myself, I swished my flared skirt with a twirl, swished a bunch of water on my canvas, let my paints dance and swirl, and lit up a late-summer afternoon with abstracted vibrancy and energy.

Olé!

Martha's Mexican
6x6", acrylic on canvas board
floral
2015