yellow iris painting

My garden has been growing fast and furious with all of the rain we've been having.
So I've been taking reference photo's, fast and furious.
A couple of weeks ago I was taking pic's of the pollinators buzzing around the garden and this yellow iris caught my eye. The painting is 5X15, I rather like the 'different' format, acrylic on board. Purchase info will be in the 'wildlife/other gallery'.
I have rather a lot of iris's, and I'm a bit worried about them. They're starting to rot with all of the wet. Another victim of climate change? I hope not.
My pond is wall to wall tadpoles, that's a lot of tadpoles. This particularly magnificent toad entertained my granddaughter, then stayed for a photo shot. What a grand gentleman. The frogs tend to be skittish, and are harder to get good shots of. All will of course be painted eventually, whether in a traditional style like the iris at left, or as subject in a mixed media work.
Port Stanley is having their 1st - first Friday tonight . This all came about rather quickly. I was just informed/invited Monday. First Fridays are very popular in several art centers internationally. They're a cross between a street party, an art show, a concert, a food festival.... what ever the organizers put together.
Port's 1st Friday will be downtown Port Stanley, 5 pm -?? the first Friday of every month all summer long, and maybe longer. Catherine and I and some of our colleagues will be in the library, right beside the lift bridge. Drop by and say hi! Generally they're a great excuse to get together for some fun.
I was at a lunch n' learn put on by the London Arts Council and one of the presenters said "art is 90% preparation, 10% inspiration", I may not agree with her numbers, but I do agree that there is a lot of prep work. I've been caught up in a lot of prep work the last few weeks, taking photo's, prepping supports (surfaces) , so now - time to paint!