Bachelor Buttons | Dried Purple Flowers

Fresh in my garden, bachelor buttons self-seed every year. They make beautiful subjects for still life when fresh or dried.

 

There is something about these bachelor button flowers that remind me of my grandmother. I'm not sure why. Did she grow them in her garden when I was little? I don't remember her having them there. Is it the color? Well, that could be. I seem to recall her wearing purple and periwinkle blue from time to time. Is it because they are a long-standing garden staple? Maybe that, too. Maybe for all those reasons, or none of them, they remind me of her. As I was organizing my office, putting away books from summer, notebooks, Grandma's handwritten cookbook, I decided to bundle them and decorate with dried purple flowers - Bachelor Buttons. I like the way they bought out the blue in the gray book covers. Sometimes, you just never know where or when a still life subject will present itself. 

Dried Purple Flowers

dried bachelor buttons

dried purple flowers tied with book stack

dried bachelor buttons with book stack

dried purple flowers and book stack

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Please CONTACT ME at nadeen@nadeenflynn.com to purchase prints or schedule your portrait session.

Nadeen Flynn is a published, award winning northern California fine art and portrait photographer. Living in the greater Sacramento area, she specializes in fine art landscape and still life photography as well as mentoring. Nadeen’s style is authentic, fresh and personality-driven. This retains the timeless features of photography that create family heirlooms. She offers in-person workshops, hourly lessons, and mentoring. While currently living in rural northern California with her husband and a couple thousand walnut trees, she posts regularly to Instagram.

Currently booking high school seniors, couples, and family portraits. Locations include Yuba City/Marysville, East Nicolaus, Wheatland, Lincoln, Woodland, Roseville, Rocklin, and Sacramento areas.

(530) 633-7575

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