Isn't this lovely? Plum and Peach Bloom, by artist Gustave Baumann, makes me yearn for farm living: an orchard, a water pump, hens and chicks roaming the yard, a bloomer-clad tot—the whole bucolic enchilada.
Baumann's paintings were strongly influenced by the landscape of New Mexico and, in addition to painting, he was a puppet maker and an expert woodblock printer!
Finishing the the white blossoms of the trees was just plain hard. Maybe not as hard as completing a large section of one solid color—but close. Assembling it was tedious, a process of moving piece by piece, looking for shapes that would fit (rather than going by colors and images).
I'm now working on something harder, though—a puzzle that is a reproduction of an Amish quilt. Will post when it's done, which may be Christmas 2011, given the challenge—I'll post pix in progress!
In fully interlocking solidarity,
Jigsaw Maniac
Loose lips sink ships—keep busy with jigsaw puzzles ✌
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