Created around May 22.  36″ x 24″.  I was eager to try something new using hard lines and had this brown canvas lying around, one of the last of several I recently bought.  “FLORES GRATIA FLORIBUS” is Latin for “Flowers for the sake of Flowers”.  I got the idea from the Metro Goldwyn Mayer motto “Ars gratia Artis”, which is Latin for “art for art’s sake” and was a catchphrase/slogan for the Impressionists.