Nature
![Crown of Hawthorn](https://karalafrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hawthorn-scaled.jpg)
Small white buds along the Bronx River pathway led me to identify these lovely little blooms as Hawthorn flowers. In this painting, they are larger than life by tenfold. There is much symbolism to the Hawthorne flower used throughout the centuries in paintings. Something I would love to see become a common practice once again. Size: 22″ x 36” Medium: Oils Year: 202 Available for Sale
![Cotton Bloom](https://karalafrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cotton_bloom-scaled.jpg)
There is something so breath taking about a field of blooming cotton. The purest white fluffy blooms standing strong with resiliency in the oppressive heat of the south. It is an inspiring site when you first come upon it but fleeting as they are roating crops that are harvested quickly. Size: 14" x 11" Medium: Oils Year: 2018 Available for Sale
![Sweetest Peaches](https://karalafrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LaFrance_Kara_peaches.jpeg)
This paining has a story. A story of care and generosity but before that it was merely a moment in time when a peach was enjoyed in the mountains and tossed into the woods. Only to reappear more than a decade later, climbing the mountain with the top hanging low over the driveway of a little cabin. And they were the sweetest of peaches. Size: 28" x 22" Medium: Oils Year: 2017 Available for Sale
![White Tulips](https://karalafrance.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/white_tulips_web.png)
Everything is a memory. A moment in time reminding us of another moment in time. Of people and places. The push and pull of light and dark though chiaroscuro highlights a favorite flower that is larger than life in a delicate vase with a history worth remembering. Size: 24" x 30" Medium: Oils Year: 2009 SOLD