Sunflowers

Oil on Board
120 x 70 cms, 47 x 27.5 inches
Unframed
Original painting, signed on reverse

This painting is all about the twisting forms the petals create as Sunflowers die.
The painting shows three Sunflowers in the different stages of life, from a bud just opening to the fully open to the bloom that is fully over, and its petals hang forward.
The colours are inspired by an article I read about the insects that see plants in UV light, turning the sepals turquoise and the petals pinky magenta.
The Fading Bloom series is not about the sadness of a dying flower but the hope that it gives because dying flowers form seeds, and seeds create new plants and new life.