Nature Mimics Art

When we were living in Wisconsin, my very good artist friend Stephanie made a painting for us featuring a native flower of the tallgrass prairie: grayhead coneflower, Ratibida pinnata. (I always called it yellow coneflower...). I had some planted in the front yard.

Since then, we've moved to Austin and a different kind of prairie, but Steph's painting still graces our wall. I love seeing it every day.

Now, nature is mimicking art, as I planted a few coneflower plants native to this area, great coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima), in the front yard. Just so happens that three of them were blooming recently.

If you're a flora-fanatic and looking for art, check out Miss Stephanie's work here. Fabulous.