A Painting & A Poem: Sunflowers & Zinnias

Fall is in the air this morning and even the flowers are signaling that the days of Summer are starting to fade.  Gone are June’s peonies, making room for the mums, sunflowers, and zinnias in the hues of Autumn.  I was lucky enough to receive a beautiful bouquet of these flowers ~ though they may not be the bright pinks I favor earlier in the season, they do look very nice in a leopard print vase…

Ah Sunflower

Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun; 
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller’s journey is done; 

Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sunflower wishes to go! 

~William Blake

Sunflowers & Zinnias, watercolor sketch by Pamela Copeman

This painting is also part of the painting challenge I am currently participating in.  Be sure to follow my art account on Instagram (@pamelacopemanart), to see all of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge paintings for September.   You can catch up by searching the hashtag #PCA30in30September2016.   Check out each day’s entries from all the artists on the 30 Paintings in 30 Days blog.  Also, stay tuned later this week for a post about a recently completed Interior Design project in a charming local historic home…

xo,

Pamela

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