Elsinore Poppies - 14" x 11" - Oil on Gesso Board - ORIGINAL

Elsinore Poppies

My kids were still little when we lived in Lake Elsinore, CA. hiking the hills around our neighborhood was always in our budget and Oh My Lord what wonderful flowers You have made. These California Poppies bloom every spring on the rolling hills surrounding that humble little town. It is one of the things I miss most about living there. 

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  -Matthew 6:28-29

The colors hit the light sensitive cells in the back of the eye that transmit signals to the brain which interprets the visual information as "seeing flowers". I just think God was showing off. They could have been brown and gray, but he delights in doing really great things. I want to share these flowers with you.