#2821 "September Morn Sunflowers"

#2821 "September Morn Sunflowers"
7x5 inches oils on canvas panel

It was a beautiful day and I wanted to paint. The International Plein Air Painters is one of the very, very few organizations that I belong to. I am not a joiner. 

At one time I organized groups to celebrate and participate in the annual IPAP Worldwide Paint Out. This year I decided that I would just stay home and celebrate the beauty outside my front door. For me, art tends to be a solitary activity anyway as I try to immerse myself in the moment while surrounded by nature. Having a lot of distractions around tends to pull you out of the artistic zone that you really need to be fully immersed in - almost drowning in natural inspiration. 

The atmosphere was very quiet save for the birds and the bees. Small bumble bees were really working the sunflowers. 

I used bold brush strokes endeavouring to keep my colours clean. Yellow is one of those colours that can very quickly turn grey. 

There were still a few persistent biting mosquitoes and they found me.

The sunflower is inspirational. It stands tall and turns to the sun while inviting all kinds of nature to its shelter and sustenance. I have at least forty paintings of sunflowers since 1967... 

I was still in my summer wardrobe of swimming suit and T-shirt (Until October 7th, 2023)

A very tall sunflower from September 2020. 

For this and much more art, click on Pixels or here to go straight to the Flower Collection.

Warmest regards and keep your paddle in the water,

Phil Chadwick