wildflowers cannot be tamed

8x10 dry brush acrylic on watercolor fabric canvas.
 
You know how when you sip on certain teas it will have a quote on the backside of the paper? Here’s one I get all the time:

“How strange that nature does not knock, yet never intrudes.” - Emily Dickinson

That’s the concept of this piece. The flowers over grow beyond the border. They don’t seek permission . . . they don’t desire validation . . . they just continue to grow. Grow out of their “containment” but only to realize they were never contained to begin with. They thrive, they flourish, they bless the world with their rich colors. They don’t harm anyone or anything by letting themselves grow; they are a gift to others.

I hope that’s you. I hope you’re these little flowers and that you allow yourself to grow. You’re not contained.