Budding Romance

At first just wanting to capture flower images to paint I began shooting roses late on a summer’s day. A bee happened along adding great interest to the shot. I was intrigued by the variety of colors and shapes of the bees and began shooting more and researching them. I was appalled to learn that one-third of the bee colonies were dying and that one-third of the food we eat needs bees for pollination. I paint bees to help save the bees….to bring attention to the colony collapse crisis. I learned that if the bees continue to die at the current rate, there will be no bees in 25 years.