Here is my first painting for Laure's Garden Class. I bought the flower to paint and I'm happy with the result. I went back to Shakespeare's Garden today and took more photos. The next assignment is to paint a window box. I have pictures of window boxes from Saratoga, but the thing that is in my mind is a memory of a beautiful bookshop in New Preston, Ct. It was owned by a man named Timothy Mawson and it had the most beautiful window boxes. In my minds eye I can still see the garden books and art that he had in his shop. He died years ago and the memory of his store is, for me, another loss. He wrote a book called "The Garden Room" and this week I ordered it from Alibris. I also have a watercolor painting of his shop and it is very special to me.
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