Georgia Okeeffe made a brilliant observation about her flower paintings, which inspired me greatly. She said she thought of flowers as a kind of sculpture, and that idea stuck in my mind.

I went to my friend Sue Lambeerti’s Cambridge Flower shop today (she is one of my favorite people) looking for sculptural shapes, and I looked straight at three Gerbera Daisies that had just arrived.

I bought three for $9, put them in a vase, and then took them outside into the sunlight to experiment again with my notion of flowers as sculptures. I am no O’Keeffe, but the idea has really excited me and I feel the same way about it.

Tomorrow, I’ll return to some Wildflower photos; I’m also excited about that. But I hope I never tire of trying new and different things. Come and see, and thanks for your very kind and wonderful messages about my flower photos. And thanks also to Ms. Okeeffe, a genius for the ages.

I would never have tried this without you. I think no comments or explanations are necessary. Enjoy them. See you in the morning. They were all taken with a Leica macro lens. Have a kind and meaningful night. Tomorrow I’ll write about love, as I promised to do today. I didn’t get to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

True, this is not a photo of Gerberas but of Pansies. I just couldn’t resist taking it.