Feeling Springy...

Some early flowers are up in the garden here and I had to paint one of my favorite spring flowers.  These iris don't actually grow down here in Florida but are from one of our trips to St. John Newfoundland where they were growing at the MUN botannical gardens.  I have painted them before in watercolor but ran across the photos recently and decided to do them again in oil.  I take a lot of reference photos, then put together a composition from my favorite bits so you may recognize some blooms from the previous work slotted into this new painting. 

• Iris
24 x 12 oil on canvas