THE SPRING COLLECTION 18 original oil pastels on canvas · One of one · Never to be reproduced 01. 'To Bloom Again' The lotus grows in muddy, murky water and rises completely clean. It closes every night and opens again each morning without fail, for up to a thousand years. This painting is for anyone who has had to begin again. And did. 02. 'Grow With You' Each individual floret of a hydrangea is small and unremarkable on its own. Together, they form something breathtaking a single bloom made of hundreds. In the language of flowers, hydrangeas represent heartfelt emotion and gratitude for being understood. This one started the whole collection. 03. 'Goes Way Beyond 'Tulips were once more valuable than gold. In 17th century Holland, a single bulb could cost more than a house. They continue growing after being cut still reaching, still becoming, even after they've left the ground. Some things simply cannot stop themselves from going further. 04. 'You Get One Day, One' Each hibiscus flower blooms for exactly one day. One. It opens in the morning, gives everything it has, and closes by evening never to reopen. In Hawaii, wearing one behind your left ear means your heart is taken. Behind the right: you're ready. One day, lived fully, is enough. 05. 'A Hidden Flower' The calla lily isn't actually a flower. What appears to be a petal is a leaf, a spathe, wrapped around a tiny, almost invisible bloom inside. It has been hiding its truest self in plain sight for centuries. Some of the most beautiful things take time to find. 06. 'Show Up Fully' The bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas but what most people don't know is that it was almost a different flower entirely. The cotton boll and the prickly pear cactus were both considered before Texans chose the bluebonnet in 1901. 07. 'Quiet Survivors' Orchids are one of the oldest flowering plants on earth over 100 million years old. They have survived ice ages, mass extinctions, and every season in between. And still, they bloom delicately, softly, without a trace of all they've endured. Survival doesn't always look like strength. Sometimes it looks like this. 08. 'Something Underneath' Roses have been found in fossils 35 million years old. They were used as currency, as medicine, as confetti at Roman feasts. Cleopatra reportedly filled a room knee-deep in petals to meet Mark Antony. Beneath every rose is a history deeper than romance. There is always something underneath. 09. 'When Something Becomes Part of You' Water lilies don't just float their roots reach all the way down to the mud beneath, anchoring them while the surface stays still and luminous. They purify the water around them simply by existing. The things that become part of us quietly change everything around us too. 10. 'Where Almost Nothing Survives' Lavender thrives in poor, rocky, dry soil conditions where most plants give up. It has been used for over 2,500 years: by the Romans for bathing, by field nurses in wartime, by anyone who needed calm in chaos. It doesn't need perfect conditions to flourish. Neither do you. 11. 'Center of Life 'The stargazer lily was created by a human bred in 1978 by a botanist who wanted a flower that faced the sky instead of the ground. Its name is intentional. It was designed to look up. A reminder that sometimes, someone has to choose a new direction on purpose. 12. 'Uncertainty & Hope' The daisy is two flowers pretending to be one, the white petals and the yellow center are entirely separate blooms, fused together. In old European tradition, daisies were used to predict love: she loves me, she loves me not. Hope has always lived in uncertainty. 13. 'Where Worlds Meet ' Plumeria grows in the space between tropical but adaptable, fragrant but simple, used in both Hawaiian leis and Hindu offerings. It blooms without soil, thriving even when cut from its roots. A flower that belongs to no single world, and is at home in all of them. 14. 'Keep Going' Primroses are among the first flowers to bloom after winter often pushing through frost and frozen ground before spring has fully arrived. Their name comes from the Latin for "first rose." They don't wait for the conditions to be perfect. They simply keep going, a little ahead of everyone else. 15. 'Look Within' The pansy's markings those distinctive dark lines at the center are called "nectar guides." They exist to direct pollinators inward, toward the heart of the flower. They are a map. Pansies also have one of the widest color ranges of any flower, and in the Victorian language of flowers, they meant: I am thinking of you. 16. 'Cannot Be Forgotten' In Greek mythology, the anemone grew where Adonis fell born from grief, from love that refused to disappear. It blooms in wind (its name means "daughter of the wind") and closes its petals at night as if protecting something precious inside. Some things leave a mark that simply cannot be undone. 17. 'Deep Inside' Vanilla comes from an orchid. So do some of the world's most expensive perfumes. The orchid family is the largest in the plant kingdom over 28,000 species and yet each one looks entirely unlike the others. There is so much more inside than what shows on the surface. There always has been. 18. 'For the Love of Life' In Japan, entire festivals are held in the azalea's honor. It blooms so abundantly it can cover a whole bush in color no green visible, just flower. In the language of flowers, azalea means "take care of yourself for me." A painting that asks you, gently, to choose life. Fully. Joyfully. On purpose. Medium: Oil pastel on a canvas with a protective coating Frame Dimensions: 8.6"L x 2"W x 8.6"H
