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Jacaranda Season, 1-Piece Frame

The story of Jacaranda Season

One of the cardinal rules in art is never to center anything. There are a few exceptions to the rule. It's OK to center religious symbols for instance. I had been by this scene many times and each time I made a mental note to come back and paint it. The Jacarandas had started blooming all over the Upcountry area, but not one tree came to flower like this tree. It seemed to know I was about to render it. It was as if it were saying, "All Jacarandas were made in my image."

So what else could I do? ...I centered it.

A framed painting of the jacaranda and the house, held up beside a fence in front of the pasture it shows
The same pasture in May 2026, with the painting held up in front of it.
Pencil sketch of the house below the trees, with fence lines across the pasture in front
Pencil study for the painting.

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