MARTIN J. HEADE - Apple Blossoms and Hummingbird - Canvas Print

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆 (𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏, 𝟏𝟖𝟏𝟗 - 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟒) - 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅 - 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟏 - 𝑳𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 (𝑯𝒖𝒅𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍) - 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒎 - 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 - 𝑶𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 - 𝑯𝒊-𝑹𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 ---------------------------------𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒖 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆. 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅 "𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅," 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟏 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆, 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉, 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒈𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎, 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒛𝒆. 𝑨𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂 𝑹𝒖𝒃𝒚-𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒌, 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘. 𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅, 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒂 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘. 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆'𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒇 "𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅." 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒊𝒏, 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍, 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅'𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔, "𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅" 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆'𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆, 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐, 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒔, 𝒊𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌. 𝑨𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚, 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒍. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏.