Flowers for Flowers?

Yesterday I received a delightful surprise....flowers!  It's not everyday someone sends you something so unexpected.  I thought to myself, "Hmmm, I'm not dating anyone and haven't done anything extraordinary lately.  Who could these be from and what have I done to deserve them?"  Well, it turns out that they were a "thank you" from my dear friends Rachel and Brian whom I created a painting as a gift for their May 2009 wedding.  What a nice idea though....you give someone a rememberence of their flowers, and in return they grace your day with the real thing (I do only deal with the 2D version the majority of the time).
Are flowers even given much anymore?  I say forget giving flowers for Valentine's day this year (unless it is in the form of a painting) and just send flowers any old day.  It's amazing what a few blooms can do for one's day.  Thank you Rachel and Brian!!!!

Yeah,, 2010 Post!!

We are more than halfway through January and I'm just getting to my first post of 2010.  Better late than never I guess. 
I was a sitting duck for awhile waiting to get confirmations on a couple of paintings.  Slowly they have trickled through.  So, the painting I started yesterday is for my friends Christine and Mike whose wedding was back in September (the 3 weddings in one day extravaganza).  The flowers were a gorgeous variety of fall colors.  Below is the composition I've chosen for the painting....

I've sketched the painting in and am ready to go.  Stay tuned for updates on the painting along with details about the florist and the photograph that have been apart of this process.