What to do when you long for spring

When you long for those bright happy blooms of the warmer weather but winter is seeming  particularly persistent, what else is there to do but paint yourself some spring?

I usually love winter but it can leave you feeling restricted, closed in. Splashing paint about felt like just the thing to open up to the expansiveness of spring. Especially if the painting is of loose expressive flowers.

One of my favourite flowers from childhood is the sweet pea. I painted th...