My dear friend, Susan, has been redecorating her home, a room at a time. It’s such an honor when a friend loves your artwork enough to invest in more than one piece for her home. While she already owned the Sepia Rose for her master bedroom, Susan commissioned me to do a custom piece to coordinate with her family room. Her drapery fabric is the Simone pattern from Pottery Barn: The challenge was to choose a subject that matches her personality, the feel of her home, and the colors represented in this fabric. Susan loves sunflowers for their bold, cheery, and warm presence. I started out with red sunflowers, but didn’t like how it would look against a beige wall, and adjacent to a robin’s egg blue wall in the kitchen. Though these instagram pics don’t show it, the positioning of these red sunflowers just didn’t feel quite right… …so […]