Arden Ward Upton

Earlier this year, William, Wills, and I planted 16 blackberry bushes at the farm.
We learned their rhythms together, cared for them through summer and fall,
and I quietly held onto the picture forming in my mind.

Now that vision is turning into a special painting—
a way to keep summer blackberries close, even as the season moves on.

They’re being immortalized through my mind’s eye in a beautiful oil-on-board commission.
From my garden to their kitchen… a new kind of farm to table.

Art, like gardening, asks for patience—
and faith in what’s coming