Painting Inspirations

I have started the layout work for a 5' x 4.5' painting [on canvas] inspired by an orchid exhibit that I recently viewed at the United States Botanic Garden (Washington, D.C.).

I photographed the following orchid, which captured my attention by its crisp white value and minimal vivid palette.

This past November, I had the opportunity to see a myriad of larger scale O'Keefe paintings at the Chicago Institute of Art.