Another Gift Of Gerberas

This is the sister piece to A Gift of Gerberas and was painted at the same time during the covid lockdown. It was also inspired by the beautiful flowers the local growers were giving away rather than see them rot in the fields. Unlike all my other paintings this one is painted on a double deep canvas - 1½ inches instead of the standard ¾ inches - and it weighs a ton! Because of covid we ordered my usual canvas online for curbside pick up and drove to Santa Barbara to collect it. When we got there the sales assistant duly brought out the canvas, thanked us for our business and went back inside. Turns out that because of covid they had a shortage of my standard canvases so they kindly gave me this giant one instead! I like to think the depth lends a lovely weight to the gerberas and is another testament to the kindness of people during this troubled time of covid.