Yellow Pond Lily
This painting was done from a photograph I took while kayaking in the Adirondacks. I was totally enchanted by their beauty and the way they moved gracefully on the water.
Yellow Pond Lilies are perennial aquatic plants with long stalks growing from spongy rhizomes that anchor into the muddy bottom of a water body and give rise to long stout stems. The flowers, which can be up to 5” across, are found floating on the surface of quiet streams, ponds, and shallow lake shores. Flowers bloom from May to October, partially opening in the morning and closing at night. They provide food and shelter for many fish and underwater insects. Native Americans consumed the starchy rootstocks as boiled or roasted vegetables, harvested the seed for grinding into flour, and powdered the root to use as a poultice. Double matted and framed to 10x10. Available at Gay Street Gallery in Washington, VA beginning March 21.
Yellow Pond Lilies are perennial aquatic plants with long stalks growing from spongy rhizomes that anchor into the muddy bottom of a water body and give rise to long stout stems. The flowers, which can be up to 5” across, are found floating on the surface of quiet streams, ponds, and shallow lake shores. Flowers bloom from May to October, partially opening in the morning and closing at night. They provide food and shelter for many fish and underwater insects. Native Americans consumed the starchy rootstocks as boiled or roasted vegetables, harvested the seed for grinding into flour, and powdered the root to use as a poultice. Double matted and framed to 10x10. Available at Gay Street Gallery in Washington, VA beginning March 21.