The top two pix were from last week while in Atlanta. The bottom two from last year, one in fall, the the other with the white flowers in spring. The Dogwood tree is an indigenous tree in most of the country east of the Mississippi except Illinois and Wisconsin. It's the hallmark tree of the city of Atlanta. It's a small umbrella-like tree with large, striking white flowers in early April. The flowers are cruciform with sienna "nail holes" in the ends of the petals.
The series of drawings started with the 2nd from the bottom. It was fall. I just drew the view from Josh's deck. I got fascinated with that small tree with the red leaves. I found out it was a Dogwood. Then in spring I drew it again in full flower. That's when I realised that the wooden carved flowers with the burned circles in their tips that we had seen in the craft places in Berea, KY, were Dogwood flowers. Sorry I didn't buy one.
This spring we got in on just the end of the flowering. We were delighted to discover Dogwoods growing on our new property in Georgia, among them the more rare Pink Dogwood.
I like how the bottom two are framed on the paper. And such well preserved whites! Bravo!
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