Spring is really charging full speed ahead. The cold has slowed down the garden but my #blackparrottulips which were eaten down to the stubs last year all popped this week without a warning. As some of you know I started this piece 2 years ago and but last year I had a setback because of a critter (as yet to be apprehended) ate them right down to the ground. So what I did this year was I covered it up with netting and that worked and I’ve had loads of blossoms to work with. Some of you may have followed the story that I had posted on Thursday etc showing my progress as it developed and today I think I’m finished. I have to let it sit and look at in a few days. I am pressed because I have a lot of little pieces that I want to do & finish and also and the #irises, and #peonies are getting ready to pop and then the #Siberianiris and then the #Japaneseiris and then who knows what else I forgotten because I’ve planted a lot of things in my #paintersgarden #garden. Just like #Monet I figure it’s easy to paint exactly what you want to paint if you grow it. #floralpainting #floralpaintingsforsale #pleinairpainting #pleinairpainter #womanartist #womenartist #americanwomenartists #deborahchapin #blackparrottulips @deborahchapinfineart (at Deborah Chapin Fine Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8RrueHoKN/?igshid=udlkd8b0kgyo