Sunflower Field

I painted this at Boxwood Farm in Bel Air MD. I was thrilled to have found sunflowers in bloom providing a great view of them.  There was a maze path through the field and that meant I could be surrounded by them and still have some place to set up my easel and stand. 

The day after I painted there ... there was a sunflower festival where visitors could pick their own sunflowers.  Bet it looked different the next day. Sure happy to have caught it when I did. 

While on my painting trip in the South of France in July, I was able to paint the lavender fields which was wonderful. I was also on the hunt there for sunflower fields but didn't find any paintable ones. With this piece, I checked off another subject on my painting wishlist. So neat!