Painting over other paintings

I'd done this painting years ago in response to the horrors they were reporting on the TV news. Sometimes when there's nothing I can do about events themselves I can paint and that helps me process the emotions I'm going through.

Needless to say I don't always want these paintings around with all that powerful negative energy inside so I'll often paint something positive on top of it as a filter
or a safety valve.

This one is getting a sunflower to show that good things can (and often do) grow
from tragedy and loss so you see this is much more to me than a simple floral painting. It's a shout out at the world that says "no matter what we're still growing and something good will come of it."