acrylic on canvas board 20 x 24 inch (51 x 61 cm) I am fascinated with magnolias. Their smell is almost intoxicating. Just one in the room. They change quite fast from snow white to a lovely brown and everything in between, the range of colors is amazing. Its a full live cycle in a day or so, flowering-dying. The one above was the third stage of the flower, sort of like autumn they mellowed down and at the same time became the most intense color play, so full of color.