Here is the full series of flowers for my New England garden commission. I learned a lot painting this series - particularly about painting backgrounds. I had always been afraid of painting backgrounds and left a lot of them unpainted to save myself the heartache of messing up a piece after most of the work was done. I did have to start over on a few pieces - more on that below. But for the most part the backgrounds worked out all right. I learned it's best to keep the backgr