Holding Court

Three coneflowers fill the frame, close and unhurried, their burnt orange centers glowing against cool blue-white petals. Holding Court is a painting about presence; the quiet authority of flowers that ask for nothing and demand everything. Painted at close range, the composition gives these ordinary wildflowers the scale and gravity of something monumental. The monoprint underlayer breathes through the background in greens and earth tones, rooting the blooms in the wild tangle they emerged from. This is a painting about looking closely at what is always there, and finding it extraordinary.