My Memere had a beautiful spiderwort in her side yard, and I was always fascinated by the blue-shading-to-violet color of the flowers. When I saw a similar spiderwort at the Victory Gardens last summer, I knew I had to paint it, surrounded by the various other plants that made up its neighborhood. Presenting my homage to the humble spiderwort, with all its old-fashioned delights. Enjoy.
Teri Malo Studio 
The painting is beautiful and exemplifies to me the difference between a photographic documentation of a flower, be it in an artistic or just pure documentary style and the art of representing the flower in a painting with all the thoughts of your childhood memories.
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment. I agree. Paintings can say so much more than a photograph. It depends on how far you want to push into the painting and let things happen.