Grammy's African Violets by Diana Madaras - 12x16” Original Pastel

This painting is a tribute to my late grandmother, Ethel Lott, who lived an hour from my hometown, Toms River, NJ. Each summer she would host the cousins in her tiny two-story home in Roselle. I always stayed in the “plant room” and remember the sunny window and the lineup of African violet plants on the sill with their delicate, pink flowers and leaves soft like velvet.

----Diana Madaras