#233 Cherry Blossoms #233 Wood Print

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At the end of February, I saw these blossoms on a cherry tree outside the Folsom Zoo at Folsom, CA. It was a month before spring officially started which for 2016 was March 20th. But seeing those flowers made me think how irrelevant the official date was because they sure made it seem like spring has already arrived. This was done in transparent watercolor.

My search to find my biological family was the genesis of my journey into the world of art. When I finally found my birth family, at the age of 40, I was plunged into a new and very different family. On one occasion while talking with the father I had never known, I discovered that my great uncle was the renowned watercolorist Dong Kingman. Fatefully discovering a cheap watercolor paint set, and intrigued by my relationship with Kingman, I wondered if I had inherited any of his talent. This lingering question spurred me into trying to paint. My first challenge was deciding what subjects I would paint. As a fan of Van Gogh, and knowing that he painted images from his day to day life: houses, fields, people working, I decided to do the...