“Plum & Magnolia”

Original painting is oil paint on paper, 7.25”w. x 22”h. 

One of those moments in deep spring,
little green leaves on the trees and
the close ones in full flower,
the first bees singing with such devotion,
a whorl of mayapples around the magnolia,
some snowflakes & forget-me-nots
at my feet. My own special paradise.