Artist notes: The oils were like warm butter even in the shade of the side deck where I painted with a soft breeze coming up from the valley below. I had decided on the turquoise from one of my seascapes for the background that would be stabilize the bouquet while using a harmonious weighty fabric below. At some point my bunch of flowers left my peripheral view and only the painting remained. Brushstrokes were added and then taken away and then more were added until I lost the light to the point it wasn’t wise to keep going. In the morning a few additions were made and the ends of marks tucked in until there was nothing left to do except declare it done.