I painted this work some years ago when I had had particularly spectacular elephant ears in my yard. Every year since I've tried to duplicate these plant giants to no avail, until this year. Now, finally, I have equally large and gorgeous elephant ears in my "Secret Garden". I also have four wonderful banana trees. So I will be doing some paintings that will express what I really mean about my utter joy and wonder at these bountiful botanical specimens in my Secret Garden. (Almost a year later: I just discovered this in my draft section of the blog, never published. Update, sadly, I never got around to expressing my utter joy and wonder last summer, but my elephant ears and banana trees are already up and growing so I expect to have another chance this year)
