“In this contemporary painting, yellow and gold sunflowers burst onto the canvas in a heavily textured still life. The texture was created by adding pumice from lava rock to the oil paints. I am honored that Michael Kaysen - a museum specialist at the Art Institute of Chicago - selected this painting for a national exhibit, Artistic License, at Studio 659 in Indiana. The painting is part of a series in which I combine realism with elements of abstract patterns.”
