Flower Comission

     I recently received a commission to paint a daisy and a hibiscus flower together. It was somewhat of a challenge to put together reference but, luckily my wife is studying horticulture and was able to point me in the right direction. There is a poem that goes along with this piece. It's a personal poem so if you don't know the people involved it might not mean anything. But it's a touching piece none-the-less:

A Hibiscus suddenly bloomed

Right up the street….

Right here in Arkansas!

I walked on over to have a look,

just to take a peek…..

(I’m really not a ‘flower person’)

But Oh!  What I found!

Just three doors down!

An exotic, tropical rose!

The bloom was a beauty,

All could see that,

But as I got closer…

This flower was so much more!

Solid, strong, bright, happy,

resilient and calm.

Sharing its perfume

with the daisy down the road.