Red Poppies Canvas Art Monet fragrant reminder of slow mornings

fragrant reminder of slow mornings and freshly cut flowers

It sits beautifully in a nursery above a chest of drawers

never to fade

gently curving trunk

The pure black backdrop throws the flowers into luminous relief

Red Poppies Canvas Art Monet fragrant reminder of slow morningsSeen 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