COTTON FLOWER

"Cotton Flower" - On one of Sher?s return trips to California from the South-west she stopped in a cotton field and in the evening?s light she discovered the soft beauty of cotton blooming by the side of the road. It so struck her that a cameo portrait of a cotton flower should be painted in the soft and cozy colors of fuzzy whites and pussy willow greys. She wrapped a liquid-like background of deep sea navy-blue and marine green behind the subject. Mixing the inspiration of different environs of mother nature appeals to her palette. There are hints of creamy ecru and lacy yellow in the curling cotton fibers.