Moody Flowers (les Fleurs Lunatiques)

Flowers at Night (12x12) oil. 2011 (SOLD)

     Flower paintings can become trite, and fast. But in nature, in life, I am drawn to them like a moth to flame. What is it about flowers?
     Flowers are actually a lot like people. The thing you don't often see in flower paintings is how fleeting they are, magical but brief, just like humans. They each have their own life spans, colors, shapes, needs for light, food, water, and companions.
     They are inundated with threats such as bugs, diseases, fungus, thirst, hunger… and they are afraid. They struggle, just as we do. They try to spread, grow, and reproduce. They climb, crawl, bend, and float their ways into living.
     They also provide pollen, nectar, and seeds for bees, butterflies, birds, and provide shade and shelter to frogs and lizards. They bring joy and spread themselves across whole countries via the human to express love.
     This is also us. Our lives are not long, not really. We grow and bloom - but not without overcoming incredible odds. Not without facing the fact that we're only temporary. We brighten up the world, we have the capacity to heal, we are lovely. We are also threatened, afraid, proud, and glorious.

Cheer Up Buttercup (Michelle)
4x4

Quince (Virginia)
4 x 4

Spring Peonies (Lynn)
4x4

Curbside (Susan)
5x5

Pink Passion (Anna)
4x4

Good Omen (12x12) oil
2012. (SOLD)

Between Faces (12x12) oil. 2013

Finally Spring (12x12) oil. 2013

Gumballs (12x12) oil 2011 (SOLD)

Dogwood (4x4) oil 2013 (sold)

​Lunatique - This is a French word we call ‘faux amis’ (false friends) because they look so similar to English, but they mean very different things. While we use the word to refer to mental health, the French meaning has more to do with changing moods, capricious weather, and the unpredictable nature of things.