Sunshine 18 X 18 (Sunflowers in Bloom)

This composition of sunflowers carries its own quiet drama, where exuberant petals flare like small suns yet bow under the weight of ripening, weathered centers—an elegy to abundance that already contains the hint of decline. The painter orchestrates warm ochres and golds against a muted, breathing ground of greys and cool blues, allowing light to skim the flower edges while the deeper shadows soften form into atmosphere. Two bees punctuate the scene as fleeting witnesses, turning the bouquet into a living cycle of labor and transience, where beauty is not static but continuously being made and unmade.