Peppermint Tulips

This is a painting of my garden's Tulipa Clusiana, colloquially known as Peppermint Stick Tulip. Typically, my gardens paintings have bold color, hard edge patterning, and strong value contrasts. However, after several failed attempts over several years I realized that approach wasn't appropriate. To express the mood of early Spring, I decided to emphasize the fluidity of watercolor; subdued light effect; high-key and subtle color transitions. Compared to my body of work, the result is an anomoly.