Cloud of Cherry Blossoms in Silvery Light - sold

8"x10" oil on gallery wrapped canvas (3/4 inch deep) design painted on sides, no need to frame but you can if you prefer

"Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."
- John Barrymore


When walking underneath the cherry trees in bloom around the Tidal Basin down in DC the last few days, I had the sense of walking through a cloud of flowers! The sky was quite overcast that day I had gone down there to paint. So the light had a very silvery effect. There was a slight breeze that gently blew some of the blossoms from the trees, raining down on the grass and walk paths as though in a magical place. Families, couples, children were strolling, taking photos of loved ones and just enjoying the setting. I hope I captured that 'sense of place' in this expressive palette knife painting. Between sky and trees, it is a study of the variety of subtle grays!