Sometimes I spend a great deal of thought and preparation for my art projects and sometimes they just leap out at me.

What I didn’t know about quince a couple of years ago would fill a small book. Earlier I drew a full sized quince fruit and leaves…that fruit happens to be round and green (see it in the gallery) but there are also yellow pear-shaped quince and lovely ornamental quince which have these lovely blossoms in the Spring. I have often seen these shrubs and wondered what they were. Definitely not rhododendrons and not azaleas…now I know.