She Spoke in Flowers: A Painting for Girona’s Temps de Flors
She Spoke in Flowers
Candace Alexandres
Acrylic on canvas, 100 × 81 cm
As a new resident of Girona, I am still learning about the beautiful and deeply held traditions of this region. My lovely neighbors invited me to use one of my paintings to decorate our building’s entryway during Temps de Flors.
During my inspiration-gathering phase, I looked into the origins of the festival. Temps de Flors began in 1954 as a small flower exhibition started by Maria Cobarsí Corretger and a small group of devoted flower enthusiasts. Over the decades, they helped it grow into something much grander. Today, neighbours and professional florists come together to bring flowers into the streets, courtyards, monuments, and historic spaces of Girona for one week every spring.
What moved me most was Maria’s tenacity. She helped transform a love of flowers into something public, lasting, and deeply woven into the life of the city.
The painting I created is called She Spoke in Flowers. While it is not a literal painting of flowers, it carries the feeling of spring: color, movement, and renewal. It is my small tribute to Maria’s legacy, and to the way a personal passion can grow into something that brings people together year after year.
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