Where do they all come from, these paintings of flowers and plants at times when I am really in a low mood?

Poppies by Iris Low

Tulips by Iris Low

When you are depressed you look for something to help you up out of your mood. Sometimes it is alcohol (and it works for a little while) or there are pills (again work for a little while). Then I will randomly paint anything that comes to mind and there they are...the flowers. Why I don’t know. They come from the recesses of my mind, not photos or au plain wire, but freely from some part of me that sees the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank God for his Creation, for what would us poor mortals be if we didn’t have such beauty around us to make us want to be better painters and people.

Iris Low