Sometimes I see something I just have to paint but I haven't been doing this painting malarkey long enough to feel truly relaxed and expressive. It seems, however, I'm being pulled to try. I took a photo of these flowers in the Yorkshire town of Pately Bridge. They were in a planter box on top of a dividing fence. The riot of pretty colours attracted me. I found the photo the other day and had to try to get something down in paint. This is the third attempt. I didn't want to make botanical art which, although I love, takes a fair bit of time. I wanted to splash paint around. I find it hard to get that semi-abstract look between realistic flowers and crude blobs of paint. I'm happy enough with this small semi-abstract. Painted on Saunders Waterford 300gsm. A5 size. Painted abstract of flowers drawing