On a long, warm summer afternoon, lying on my back, in a field of wildflowers with my love Sandy, day dreaming, “Hopes Garden” came to life.
I experienced, looking deep withing in those lush deep grasses, multi layers of rich textured nature with all of it's glorious color, revealed all kinds of 'beasties' and WILD flowers, butterflies and flying 'whatevers,' crawly 'thingys' and whispy scented purple and brilliant blue spheres jetting thru the dense green canopy reaching, from my cool earthy vantage, into the bright sun. I was 8 years old and I was happy, again!
I was lost in the awe of nature ... of the pure joy of ‘BE-ing, reminded of when I was a boy, when time was cheap, something to squander, a time when lying in a field of flowers for hours just because the sun was warm on my skin and it felt 'good,' and there was time, and it was ok.
‘HOPES GARDEN’ is not a persons garden, it is a wish, a yearning, a hope for more awakenings. It seems so simple really - to just lie down, in a field of flowers on a warm day, yet it isn't, is it?
But, as the title implies, 'Hopes Garden' - there is hope and it can be a simple 'intention,' a choice, on a warm day, with a field, and some wildflowers and a bit, just a little, tiny bit of time. And, there is HOPE, to be a a little boy or a little girl again, in spirit, any time we choose.
This painting, is my offering into that spirit of eternal youth.
EnJOY.
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There is a great deal of detail, layers and depth to this work. I thoroughly enjoyed being within this painting for that week. I may have been in my studio, but I very much felt, all the while I was painting, that I was lying in that field of 'beasties' and 'thingy's' and 'whatever's,' feeling such joy and gratitude for that opportunity. And I can have them all back in a moment by simply turning around and looking on the wall at 'Hope's Garden,' and smile. I will miss her when she is gone.
NOTE: Custom Framed, Deep Black Floater Frame with inner wood trim liner, by my good friend, master craftsman and indispensable assistant, John Henderson.
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