Original artwork description:

Painted on-site at Longfellow Gardens in Minneapolis. Features a garden scene with a variety of perennial autumn flowers and plants, including echinacea, ornamental grasses, lamb's ear, purple sage, and white tobacco flowers. The tops of crabapple trees, still green, peek above the grasses and into the sky. To the left is seen the turret of the kiosk at the garden entrance, with yellow paint and a green roof. The captivating cerulean blue sky and the green roof are textured with palette knife, and texture in the foliage and flowers has been built up with thick paint and brush. Framed in a 3" wide wood frame with a mahogany colored finish (Total dimensions with frame: 26x30"). May be purchased unframed by request.

Materials used:

oil paint, canvas, wood frame

Tags:

#minneapolis painting #minneapolis artist #purple coneflower #longfellow #russian sage #longfellow gardens #echinacea purpea #tobacco flowers #purple coneflowers #oil painting #impasto painting #plein air #botanical art #red flowers #garden flowers #purple flowers #fall colors #autumn colors #floral oil painting #autumn flowers #chris art #garden art #plein air oil painting #impasto flower painting #midwestern art #purple sage