#2440 "Lessons from a Sunflower"

I watched these particular sunflowers closely expecting the large blossoms to follow the sun all day. The leaves and blossoms do indeed face the morning sun toward the east. These flowers followed the sun until noon and then basically paused in that orientation. I never saw the blossoms face truly toward the west. 

The sunflower seeds are really quite small but they grow into something wonderful and quite inspiring. The plants reached eleven feet tall. We all start small. The seeds need nurturing just like children. Light and water within a clean environment is all everything requires. We need more sunflowers in our garden. Politicians and developers could learn something from sunflowers. 

Sunflowers are a great thing to paint during the shortest days and the longest nights of the year. Sunflowers are especially inspiring during these dark COVID and political times. I turned the media off and surrounded the Singleton Sanctuary with nature. 

Vincent would have loved to paint those flowers. I know I did. I used a small and smooth panel along with broad, rough brush strokes. There is a lot of paint in these sunflowers as well.

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