Hey Nancy, welcome in!
The balance you're after between whimsy and serenity is a real tightrope. Sounds like you're thinking carefully about how to let both live in the same piece without one drowning the other out.
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Whimsy and serenity together is honestly the whole chase in nature work. Stick around, the room sees this kind of thing 🌿
The texture part caught me first. That's where so much of the mood sits when you're painting, where the light decides what to do. I shoot in black and white, so I'm always watching how surfaces hold or scatter what hits them. If your work leans into that same kind of deliberate layering, I'd be curious to see how you balance the whimsy with the quiet.