I had a beautiful arrangement of flowers. I love flowers. All shapes and forms. I placed the vase of these flowers on a table with a mat and against a bright window. I had fun not just with the beauty but with the composition and the rearrangement of the flowers as the painting went on. I'm not a botanist, so I'm not pretending the flowers are exact representations of their natural state. But I find a freedom in painting them and arranging them even as I paint them with a strong backlight and hope to do additional floral paintings. This painting is on display at Lauren Quinn's Floral Shop on Santa Fe in Salina, Kansas, or you can buy it directly on my site.