When a friend gives you flowers, what do you do? Those brilliant colours and strong textures were an invitation to immediately start painting. Besides the colours, flooded in light, I was also fascinated by the linear qualities. There was great unity in the width of the stems and petals and I deliberately selected flat brushes that would emphasize this. I also loved the exuberant ‘dance’ of the leaves and think I managed to create something that is joyous, full of life and movement.