In 1946 Pablo Picasso created a series of paintings of his lover, and mother of his two children, Francoise Gilot, titled La Femme Fleur. In the paintings she grew elegantly from the earth, Picasso transformed her hair into a leaf canopy, her face into a flower.
Living in Montmartre, Paris I was charmed by bunches of tulips wrapped in brown paper tucked under the arms of Parisians, and the pyramids of peonies at street markets. I adored how Parisians treated flowers as a necessity, and their vases would reflect the seasons as much as their kitchens. The name "La Femme Fleur" - translated as the flower woman - is a tribute to my time in Paris and the beauty of the city.
