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The wildflower series started as a way to slow down. I spent a summer walking the same meadow each week and painting whatever was newly in bloom, one plant at a time. Working from lifeAlmost everything in the series was painted from a fresh cutting on the desk in front of me. Working from life means the light changes while you paint, and you learn to commit to a colour before it moves. A plant you draw twice is never the same plant. The field guide at the end of the season collected the best...
