Hosta Inspiration.....

Inspiration to create art is all around us. I find a lot of inspiration in nature and especially in my flower gardens. I have a shade garden with all kinds of hostas. Below is a picture of one beginning to poke throught the ground and its leaves unrolling. I think they look pretty cool at this stage, like green fruit roll ups!

This is a close up of an Elephant Ear Hosta leaf. I love the color! It was the inspiration for the "Pear Bros." card below.
The vintage pear label in front of the boys is from Dover Publications of a book of vintage produce labels.

The first flower of the summer.....a Bachelor Button. This flower is super sturdy. When the flower dies I just cut back the whole plant, it grows again and blooms in about 3 weeks! The purple color inspired me to do a trading card with purples. I love Allium, I don't have any in my garden because they are expensive (about $15 a bulb for the giant ones) and I just can't see spending $15 on one bulb!

"Allium"