FROZEN IN TIME

Florals have been a popular subject for artists for centuries. From Monet’s Gardens to VanGogh’s Sunflowers, we have enjoyed this subject as much as it has been painted.

I had the challenge of painting a floral, after the passing of a friend’s father. It was quite different that any other arrangement I had ever painted. On his homestead, where he and she enjoyed time together, there was a pond. After laying him to rest, she went to the pond to reflect. She tossed the flowers into the pond, in his honor. It was a cold winter day. When she went back to the pond the following week, to her amazement, the flowers had frozen in time, intact, under the frozen ice. She photographed the anomaly, to preserve the treasured moment. She then asked me to capture that moment in a painting. It was a special honor to paint this for her, in memory of her father.