'Spring in Uplands'(Canadian west coast Impressionism, Uplands Park, Camas Lily, oil paintings of southern Vancouver Island)

Another one from last springs Camas time in Uplands park.

This one is 'photo challenged' and will need another

try when its dry...

These meadows were being cultivated for the bulbs

these flowers produce many thousands of

years before contact by the first peoples

of this area. These ecosystems attracted flocks

of butterflies so enormous that it defies the

imagination. Sadly due to the destruction of so much of the

former Garry oak meadows of the south Island many of

those butterfly species are no longer part

of our natural world.

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Oil on wood panel 16 x 20.

Thoughts & comments always appreciated!

Jeffrey