The blushing hobgoblin was all of a doodah as Calamity Svelte told the old, old story of Asarte in search of a squire. Cavalier and the Wisp. Click on the image to view the artist's work and biography. The model for the painting is my wife's youngest daughter Kasha, who lived with us when we first married. It is not a real likeness, since I deliberately changed the face, but it is still definitely Kasha.
Kasha is poised to leave home in the painting.
Symbolic I guess. We purchased it on a trip to Santa Fe the first summer of our marriage. The painting is so soft, quiet and bright, like a new home without furniture. However, the design needed some balance. I tried other flowers, exhibited the painting, didn't like the flowers, rubbed them out and than painted these.