Surprise Crab Apple Blossoms!

Crab Apple Blossoms

Oil on Cradled Panel 8"x8"   sold

A few blossoms appeared again this year! Such a pleasant surprise! For many years is has bloomed very profusely but only every other year. A dear cousin cleaned all the dead wood out and pruned it nicely a few years ago, since then, it has become a bit stronger... I wonder if it will someday again bloom every year?

The surprise blooms gave me incentive to try to capture joy I feel when I see these very PINK flowers.

Crabapple Blossoms

Crabapple Branch in Blossom

36"x15 3/4" Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

 

It is finished! Below is the pre-finishing session. Because of the slow, cool spring, the wonderful pinkness lasted many more days than usual. Now the blossoms are faded and gone until 2013.... I miss their beauty, but love watching the squirrels eat the apples in the fall and through the winter. It is a wonderful tree all the year Perhaps I will paint it again in the fall with apples and squirrels...

A Few Days in May

Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas 32" x 14"

This has been a great year in the Crabapple tree! This is the sixth day it has been in bloom and the first day of sunshine with bees buzzing happily around in the blossoms. I love to make at least one painting while it is in bloom. It seems like a fine way to express my gratitude for the tree, its glorious color. I love watching it for hours while the flowers open dark, bright pink and as they get larger and the color changes to a very pale rose-pink. I enjoy hearing the bees working in it. When a Mourning Cloak Butterfly makes its appearance, it is even better. None this year....

I will continue working on the painting, but wanted to post it here as I am posting it on Daily Paint Work for a critique. This is a great opportunity. Artists are generous people in giving recommendations for improving ones work. I appreciate the opportunity and hoe for some good observations.

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