This caladium bud is set against a painting done by my grandfather, A. Antoine Verret, fifty years ago. My grandfather attended the Chicago School of Art and made his living as a painter, painting scenes of the swamps and bayous of Louisiana. He died at an early age. I inherited a couple of his paintings. Some family members are trying to buy back his paintings and a cousin is preparing a catalog of them. This one was in a house whose roof was torn off during hurricane Betsy back in 1965 and then hauled around the country a bit. It needs restoring, but still retains the lovely green-blues and pinks my grandfather used during the early 50's.
I started out with this flower, trying to get the same effect that Larry Ahern got with that wonderful iris bud in his PAD on May 26.