Samantha's garden hydrangeas...

October 8, 2025 - for Samantha, art request made with garden hydrangeas [left/A, middle/B, right/C]

​​Central to this art request is Samantha and her garden hydrangeas.
During this process, the beauty of nature's changing colors, textures, and patterns
contributed to a fresh and contemporary interpretation of Samantha's hydrangeas
as abstracted garden arrangements on chosen art surfaces.

​In total, I created six pieces...
1 panel 8"x 8" x 3/4" [SD Garden, hydrangeas no. 1];
2 "tester" small works [SD Garden, hydrangeas no. 2a & no. 2b];
and the final 3 panels, each 16" x 20" x 3/4" (depth) mixed media, titled
for Samantha, art request made with garden hydrangeas [left/A, middle/B, right/C].
Completing this request fulfilled my core as an artist, pure FUN!

​FUN fact no.1: Samantha [unknowingly] brought with her a first-of-its-kind guest to our gallery, hidden among the garden hydrangeas -- I named it, Kermit [the frog, of course] -- a sweet stowaway that Ken released into the flower pot just outside our storefront.

FUN fact no. 1 [a.k.a. Kermit]

FUN fact no. 2

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​FUN fact no. 2: a natural finding for the focal point [detail, middle panel/B], I was able to preserve a double-stranded string of green spots [eggs?]
that remarkably stayed put on a large plant leaf -- perhaps they were left by Kermit? but then, maybe not -- I really have no idea what they were. ​

FUN fact no. 3: I got to work with Samantha and Tammy -- in designing and completing the final 3 pieces -- absolutely, I was delighted to be asked!

Dear Samantha, 
Thank you for asking me to create art for you, to celebrate you and your garden.
Wishing you all the best in growth, fun and happiness.
with love, Grace