The Intimate Forest

A Celebration of the Beauty of Nature in Oil Paintings by Harlan

White Narcissus

In the Fisher Collection

Spring has really arrived when the narcissus bloom. Often in the Fall I will plant bulbs and watch for them come Spring. These plants were planted perhaps twenty years ago and have spread and flourished ever since. I find their leaves so elegant. Painting those white petals which are never just white was a challenge I had not previously tried. I have since this painting tried my brush again at similar white petals in Narcissus. I fully expect to try these flowers again sometime.