One rainy morning, the delicate yellow blooms of bronze fennel in the garden caught my eye. I studied the blooms and the dark geometric shape of the stems, and thought it would make a lovely painting. Beautiful and elegant, damp with mist, the colors of the bronze fennel were accentuated. A sense of mystery is suggested with the flowers poised against the dark backdrop of oaks and pale filtered light.

I like to include insects in my paintings and chose a green clearwing dragonfly to perch among the stalks.