Cotton bolls

Oil 14x18: It "cotton pickin" time here in the south (Memphis area) and you find cotton everywhere. My wife decided to pick some cotton bolls branches and make an arrangement in a vase. This is my composition of the arrangement.  I couldn't pass up a chance to paint something that you just take for granted around here.  My mom has worked in the cotton business for about 50
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Cotton field

This is an old picture I did many years ago of the area that I grew up. This is around Medon Tn, a very small town.  I did this picture that I painted in a small community college class with Norma Dennison as my teacher.  She was a great teacher and I learned so much from her.  I learned all of the basics of oil painting from her and am very grateful.