This beautiful piece is more about the bulb than the flower. The paperwhites stand tall and firm, glorious is their beauty and wonderful scent, but they wouldn't be there without the bulbs doing all the work. The bulbs are the beginning. This is the start of my new series that uses a background that I paint first, and then use to create upon which I began with "Thickets". I call this series "Pleasant Surprise" because it always delights me to see what develops when I use this approach.