Apple blossoms, with their first blush of pale color each spring symbolize hope and renewal rooted in the constancy of the changing seasons. In this small painting, I used rich, deep background colors to contrast with the white and shell pink petals, and to create a maze of foliage and branches behind the blossoms. This background is as important to the artwork as the flowers because it invites you to enter this painted world and escape into the wordless awe of color and shape art can inspire.