Artist, Fine Art Specialist, busy mom and home decorating diva Kim Counts drops by once a week to share art facts, decor tips and more.
With Easter just around the corner (March 23), I've been noticing lots of Easter Lilies blooming away in department stores and at the supermarket. Lilies are such beautiful flowers -- so fresh and pure looking, such classic harbingers of spring.
These trumpet-shaped beauties are said to be symbolic of rebirth, hope and joy, associated as they are with the Christian Easter holiday. Apparently, lilies were discovered blooming in the Garden of Gethsemane after Christ's cruxifiction and were thereby deemed the "white-robed apostles of hope."
Lilies have also been a long-standing subject of choice for many artists, from Impressionist painter Claude Monet to contemporary X-ray photographer Steven N. Meyers. You can certainly see why -- with their simple elegance and distinctive petals, lilies must be fascinating subjects to paint and photograph.
Of course, from the perspective of the home decorator (and busy mom, and full-time career woman), there's nothing better than flowers you don't have to water or fuss with. And they bloom all year round. Happy Easter, and see you next week!
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