Echinacea and Companion (Folded Greeting Cards) Original Oil Painting motivating me to invest the

motivating me to invest the tens to hundreds of hours necessary to capture a moment with paint

the sunlight filtering through quaking leaves

we got a bit short changed on fall colors in 2020 owing to an early snow storm

only to transition away from my home state only 4

Living gold

Echinacea and Companion (Folded Greeting Cards) Original Oil Painting motivating me to invest theDescription: One day while I was enjoying a hike with my family through a restored prairie, we happened upon this beautiful Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea). As we were admiring its beauty, a friendly little butterfly stopped by for a visit. Deeply rooted in this piece is my fascination with this essential but fleeting relationship shared by plants and animals. I suppose in many ways it reminds me of the fact that all sorts of people come into