Russian Sage- Sibley Garden 2008

Russian Sage-Sibley Garden  2008   4' X 2' oil on linen

This is a recent painting of the continued series of Sibley Park paintings.  With this painting I am standing in the morning looking into a bush of Russian Sage.  The foreground turns into brushstrokes while the background has more park and allow you to have a sense of place.  I am after a sweeping sense of space over the flower bed.  The light changes so fast that you normally wouldn't see this for more than a few minutes.

I am trying to develop a flow to the movement of paint that is like the growth patterns of the plant.