Profusion

Dave's gardens are a huge gift each year, gussying up our yard to a fare thee well—blackberry lilies here, rosa rugosa there, coneflowers cavorting in this spot, dahlias dignifying that, phlox primping in front, sedum strutting in back.

In late August, summer runs wild in those gardens with a riot of color and texture and fragrance and tangle and boast and profusion.

Recently, a troupe of orange cosmos has been dancing exquisitely in a side garden, glowing when late afternoon sun passes through translucent petals. Leaves and stems leap every which way as the supporting cast.

Had to paint the stage production.

Summer Gone Wild, Dave's Garden
6x6", acrylic on canvas board
floral
2015