Mother in the Garden Painting by John Newton Howitt

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A woman pauses in her garden, shears still in hand, holding a small gathering of warm blooms close. Around her, … Read more A woman pauses in her garden, shears still in hand, holding a small gathering of warm blooms close. Around her, greens run deep and shadowed while the flowers, coral, orange, soft white, seem to hold all the light in the piece.

Her expression is quiet, unposed, the kind of look that makes you wonder what she was thinking just before the moment was caught. Painted with loose, impressionistic strokes that favor mood over precision.

Signed lower left and further identified via a tag on the reverse, both attributing the work to John Newton Howitt. See less