Botanical Balloon Bouquet

Details: Acrylic and embroidery on canvas | 36” H x 18” W | Click image to enlarge.

Inspiration: Circles make me happy. Balloons make me happy. Painting feathery circles with a fan brush makes me especially happy — and don’t get me started on dandelion puffs.

Process: At the risk of sounding repetitive: feathery circles, fan brush, repeat. From there, I stitched radiating lines outward from the inner circumference, adding stems — including a few nearly invisible clear ones for subtle depth - I may reconsider that step next time. A tiny bead anchors the center. Also next time: glue more securely so half of them don’t escape.