The Loveliest Gardener!

The Loveliest Gardener. Prints available in my etsy shop.

this is a painting i created for my mom to remind her of springtime and her love of flowers and gardening! she has a total green thumb and has always been able to grow just about anything. 

The Gardener. Prints available in my etsy shop.

so when she asked me to do a commissioned painting for her, similar to my painting the gardener, i knew i'd have to include happy flowers! 

now i don't often do commissioned paintings, especially pieces so similar to one another, but she really wanted something with all of the gorgeous blue glitter in the background! so i went ahead and made all of the grass solid glitter too! then i choose some of my favorite sheets of vintage wallpaper and cut out all of the shapes.

i was especially happy to find this smiling sunshine and adhered it (and a few other flowers) to a small plastic square so they'd stand out and add dimension to the painting. to me, they look like they're dancing...so happy to be cared for by the LOVELIEST GARDENER!

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thank you to the lovely louise gale for posting this interview with me over on her beautiful blog!