From the studio of Creative Renewal Fellow, Gayla Hodson, and inspired by a recent trip to the Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC, comes “Northern Blooms.”

Flowers are not just flowers. They have a deeper meaning, a life and soul of their own. Their essence speaks to the heart, filling the senses with vibrant color, symmetry, design, patterns, and intoxicating perfumes. The beauty of gardens creates a sanctuary, a place of deep, silent understanding.

“My artistic inspiration and intuition takes my painting beyond the limits of my color pallet and canvas. I have received the gifts of flowers, and am now bringing those gifts to you in abstract, representational paintings rich with texture in layers of color and light, and abundant with poetry in the language of paint,” says Hodson.