For most of us the sight of daffodils in bloom is always a welcome sign of spring. For St. Louis Artist Guild member, Debra Pratt, it is also the highlight of the year. Debra has a passion for daffodils and is the Chairperson of the Photography Division of the annual exposition of flowers and photographs to be presented this weekend at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The photo competition is open to all including children as well as professional photographers. Information and registration forms are available at The Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society website. The show opens Saturday March 27 at noon and is open until 5pm. Hours on Sunday are 9am-5pm.
I also promised Debra that I would post a photo of a work by Louis Comfort Tiffany inspired by her favorite flower, the daffodil. Between 1902 and 1905 Tiffany constructed Laurelton Hall, an 84-room country home on his family's 600 acre estate in Long Island, New York. It was "the culminating vision of a complete aesthetic environment, one imbued with a profound appreciation of nature." Although the opulent home was destroyed by fire in 1957 some remnants survive including complete glass and concrete capitals from a transition area between the house and gardens known as the Daffodil Terrace on display at the Morse Museum in Winter Park, FL. In 1906 Samuel Howe wrote that Tiffany "For years a Painter has given himself up to the peculiar study of transmitting beauties of Nature to elements of decoration.... The garden his school, the flower his companion, his friend and his inspirer."
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