Afternoon Delight (Artist's Garden Series)- sold

6"x6" oil on gessoed masonite artboard

"The worst thing in your life may contain seeds of the best. When you can see crisis as an opportunity, your life becomes not easier, but more satisfying."
- Joe Kogel

This little painting was a "what if.." type of thing. I wanted to see this image in a square format (it's the same view of my garden as in the painting, "Perpetual Bliss", posted just a few days back). I also thought I'd try changing the stone work on the patio (that is actually there in real life) to rich dark soil for composition sake. Hey, I like both views! This garden has brought us a lot of joy already this summer!


We spent our Saturday visiting different garden centers & farms around our area. We made our final stop at Buttonwood Farm up in Griswold, CT. They have an incredible field of sunflowers...which is usually due to be in full bloom at this point in the month. They are a little behind bloom time from all the chilly rainy weather in June. But as always each summer, they have "Sunflower Ice-cream" - wow, my new favorite flavor!!