It is 8 days before the Wheatfields show. This is the big one! I have had this scheduled for nearly 2 years. I am so excited to be in the final stretch! Wheatfields cafe is a popular downtown Lawrence restaurant and bakery with lots of wall space. I’ll have old and new pieces in this show. Since I’ve had so many little shows lately (3 in the last 3 months) I wanted to make at least 1 new big painting for the Wheatfields exhibit. My newest piece, the giant Sunflower painting just sold! I was thrilled, but also a little bummed that it won’t be in this show. I can’t really complain about that though. This new painting, which I finished yesterday and is now waiting on a frame, is called Blooming Konza. It is not quite as big at the Sunflowers, but it will fill a big wall at Wheatfields. Here she is on the left. The right image is a detail of the piece. It has a good amount of texture in the foreground. If you can stop by Wheatfields between Dec 15- February 15, please do! 
“Blooming Konza” Acrylic and oil bar on canvas $575
Emily Markoulatos 