Prairie Fire

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Prairie Fire 12 x 12” Oil J. Hulsey

Spring is slowly working her magic here in the Midwest, gradually presenting us with visions of beauty as flowers and shrubs start to bloom. Over a couple of decades, Ann and I have turned our yard into a canvas of successive flower compositions which arrive, fade and are replaced with the next set throughout the spring. If the weather is cool, especially at night, the show lasts longer and we can get some real painting done. We have already enjoyed and captured the fabulous blooms of our big Prairie Fire crab tree. That is followed by a large American Fringe tree—a white sensation which lights up the yard and smells like Gardenias. At this moment, the early peonies and iris are fading while the later-blooming ones are starting to open. We live for these moments!