Poppy Flower Acrylic Painting Size:24"x16" its coral and blush petals

its coral and blush petals tipped with a fine orange edge that catches the light

A horned bull walks straight toward the viewer out of a haze of warm golden dust in this photographic

leaving a molten band of yellow along the far horizon that silhouettes the tree's tangled branches and the line of fence posts running away to the left

sculptural dabs of paint that almost lift from the surface

threaded with ribbons of gold leaf and bright turquoise that wind diagonally from corner to corner

Poppy Flower Acrylic Painting Size:24"x16" its coral and blush petalsA single red poppy fills the frame in extreme close up, its crumpled silk petals glowing in shades of scarlet and deep rose where the light passes through them. At the heart sits the pale green seed capsule, ringed by a dark crown of slate violet stamens dusted with mauve pollen. The macro view turns the flower into something almost sculptural, every crease and fold of the petal caught in soft, painterly focus. Tender yet vivid, it carries all the