Last fall I sold several paintings depicting local scenes of Rochester to a lovely lady I have never had the opport-unity to meet. She is not from Rochester, but her husband is. She buys the paintings as gifts for him so that he can have a little bit of Rochester with him, even though he doesn't live here anymore.
She asked me if I have ever painted the lilacs. Rochester is well know for it's lilacs, but I never had. Well, this year is different. The lilacs this year were spectacular! I HAD to paint them. So, I picked a big bouquet of them and went to town. It was wonderful fun and here's the painting.
