Crocus 1 is a 10" x 7" oil pastel, done in the spring of 2005. I had a lovely clump of purple crocuses last year. They were the only thing blooming at the time, so I took many photos and as a result have quite a few paintings of them.
This one is in the collection of The Independent Tribune, a newspaper in Kannapolis, NC.
For some reason I seem to be in a Purple Phase of my art. Nearly everything I do lately has at least a little "royal" color. I like it.