When I first shared this with you all a lot of you said it made you feel nostalgic.  Brought you to a simpler time when the air smelled better and your shoulders felt lighter.  This painting does that for me too in a way.  It brings me back to 20 years ago.  I was a young newlywed, just having moved in to the house we still call our home and trying to make it my own.  I bought my first original artwork and paid way to little for it.  A set of three poppy paintings that still hang in our family room where I first put them.  In many ways, I miss that time and in others I’m glad that I’ve grown passed them.  Now, I’m on the edge of newness once again.  We are giving our home a fresh start and that’s been scarier than I thought it would be.  I wanted to paint a scene to bring this chapter full circle.  A new perspective on what has become a classic.  A moment where I could dust off the past but embrace all the beauty that has been in it.  A “Breath of Fresh Air” you could almost say.