Fleur de Lacquer

60 x 40 cm mixed media on board framed in floating oak There's a small cafe on Rue Lepic where the tables spill onto the cobblestones and the waiters never rush you. From my seat I could see straight into the florist across the street, buckets of blooms crowded together like they were arguing over which one got the window. Peonies leaning into ranunculus, sweet peas tangled with anemones, all of it lit gold in the late afternoon. Somewhere behind it, just visible over the rooftops, the white domes of Sacre Coeur watched over the whole street like they'd seen this exact scene a thousand times before and never got tired of it. This painting is that afternoon -- the color, the clutter, the feeling of sitting still while something beautiful just keeps happening in front of you. 60cm x 30cm, floating oak frame.