The Fawn in the Blossom Garden

expressive oils Palette: Chestnut brown · Warm white · Blush pink · Rose · Acid lime · Forest green · Emerald Mood: Tender wilderness · Spring joy · Innocent wonder Fleming paints a spotted fawn in a garden of full, extravagant pink bloom with the tender, physical immediacy of someone painting something too sweet to last. The little deer steps forward on uncertain legs through an explosion of blush and rose — cherry blossoms, wild phlox, soft pink meadow flowers pressing in from every side in Fleming's most jubilant, gestural brushwork.