Painting one flower at a time over several weeks, this page started as a daily exercise suggested by my school’s guidance counselor while an injury kept me from running. The rule was simple: one flower a day, no more, no less. I had only ever painted under deadlines, so working slowly on a single page for several weeks was new to me. Without planning the layout in advance, each day I let each flower respond to the ones already there, from loose clusters of hydrangeas to drooping bellflowers, letting the composition build over time.