I recently started a new series. The subject matter is still life; some are flowers only and some have flowers and a person. I have wanted to paint still lifes for a few years and finally decided to do it. Before these two paintings I think I made about 8 paintings to decide if I wanted to keep going and if I could create interesting compositions. It has been frustrating and very difficult to switch from faces to flowers but so nice to challenge myself. Just as when I paint faces, I approach my still life paintings by thinking of an inner life they might have and create based on that. Flowers are dramatic and expressive and I hope to capture that even though my compositions are from my imagination.