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Wisteria and Maple Tree is a watercolor painting of a wisteria in full bloom over the wooden trellis. There is a red-leafed maple tree in the background. This wisteria was about fifteen years old when it finally bloomed. Sadly, two years later it died. And, the red-leafed maple is now in poor health. Hopefully, it will recover. The palette is purple and red.

Haiku/
Covering the path
The maple tree's winged seed pods
Promise of new life

Covering the lawn
The birch tree's soft catkins
Promise of re-birth

My fascination with patterns stems from my love of numbers. While mathematics has been integral in my working career in finance, my other love is painting. My subject matter is inspired by photographs taken by friends and family. I see a photograph in terms of color, line and geometry. These qualities appeal to my sense of order and design (my fascination with numbers translated into art). There are times when a single photograph and the resulting abstract painting leads to another path -- and another painting -- and sometimes a third or fourth version from the same photo. When I draw something, I start with the shapes and then I add the color. After that, and as I move along, I look for balance of shapes and balance of color and...