Valentine — Garden Size:20 oz It reads like braided cord

It reads like braided cord or a drawn spring — taut

programs things

Chrysanthemum gives the full treatment to one of autumn's most recognizable flowers — large blooms with dozens of narrow petals radiating from the centre

where a ring of small dots marks the center like points on a compass

all carrying the kind of gentle imprecision that makes watercolour worth using

Valentine — Garden Size:20 oz It reads like braided cordFlowers say one thing. Hearts say another. Together, they don't need much else. Garden pairs small floral clusters with a scatter of hearts across a soft pink and white ground less a single symbol than a whole bouquet of them, the kind of print that reads as generous rather than pointed. It's Valentine's Day without the neon, closer to something you'd find growing than something you'd find in a card aisle. Works just as well for a spring birthday as