The original sketch for the Sunflower painting was made in 1986 with crayon on paper. I was teaching an art class in Kings Creek, North Carolina with the North Carolina Artist in the Schools program at the time.A Japanese Insurance company had just paid $58 Million for a Van Gogh Sunflower painting so it was topical in the news.It was easy to get the kids interested in the painting once there was that kind of money offered for the Van Gogh.But you can get a nice print of my Sunflower for 25 bucks.