‘You start a painting,’ Picasso said, ‘and it becomes something different altogether. It’s strange how little the artist’s will matters.’ Ah yes! The flowers decide, the Garden decides, the eye decides, the fingers move, and the brain follows. @susanmaki made this yesterday with the most luscious of blackberry ripple palettes led by my firm favourite dahlia of the year ‘Senior’s Hope’. Susan had a foliage addiction we were trying to crack so we used dried hydrangea and dogwood to begin the piece
