Hi!
As I continued the comfort series, I couldn't help thinking of those dusty-blue wildflowers that often grow beside freeways. As a child, I loved looking out the car window and seeing them flash by.
I'm not sure if someone told me they were cornflowers, or if I inferred that because I always saw them thickest as we passed cornfields. I did tend to make things up if I didn't know.
In either case, I just discovered their real name.
They are actually chickory!
Chickory root was once used as a substitute for coffee in the days of covered wagons. Today, they are still used, but more often as a liver detox tea. Who knew!?
I painted these from memory.
