Red Poppies Canvas Art Monet Its glowing palette flatters terracotta

Its glowing palette flatters terracotta

Warm afternoon sun pours across a flowering meadow in this richly painted spring garden

ideal where you want a jolt of life and drama

It is just as at ease in a nursery or a quiet dressing area where softness is welcome

It sits beautifully in a nursery above a chest of drawers

Red Poppies Canvas Art Monet Its glowing palette flatters terracottaSeen from low among the stems, a drift of coral poppies leans across a hazy peach sky, each petal so thinly lit from behind that the light seems to pass right through it. Three or four blooms hold the front of the composition in clear focus, their crumpled edges catching a warm glow, while the flowers further back soften into a blur of salmon and apricot. Slender curving stems and closed oval buds thread between them, drawing fine dark lines through