I have been going to Chicago for almost 15 years to see the same art I saw here this weekend and always there was the sheer beauty of the art of Joseph Raffael.  This "Blossoms and Sky" could have been from the artist's photographs at our Huntington Gardens in San Marino (Dick took me there for one of our first dates).  He states in his autobiography that he received a flowering cherry tree in memory of his son.   What a privilege to have seen his art all these years.