March 2022
In fall 2020 we shopped for plants for our stay-home garden project at Home Depot. They had little potted orchid plants displayed plainly in a partially shaded spot. We wouldn’t know how to care for them so we weren’t interested in buying them, but there was a single dendrobium orchid plant that was lit by the sun and it looked so lovely. I remember how it turned my face-masked day of worry and anxiety into a cheery and hopeful one. It made me smile and I snapped a quick photo. I began a painting of it soon after but put it aside until last night and today. The word “jaunty” came to mind as I signed it. I looked up its definition (adjective. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air) and it fit perfectly.
“Jaunty Dendrobium” will be at the Harbor Gallery, Kawaihae, HI.