Poppy in perfume bottle

White poppy in a Pink Perfume bottle against a strong yellow background. The perfume bottle is the perfect holder of a single bloom. Poppies are not long lived, so nice to have one to keep.

This painting does not have an external frame. It is ready to hang without one.

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Painting the razzle dazzle and shimmer of light on every petal.

I am a receptionist by day and an artist by night.

I love flowers. I paint their voluptuous folds of petals, their rich muted colours and the razzle dazzle and shimmer of light dancing across their surface.
Trying to capture the ecstasy of emotion in a single flower, and share it with others, is my driving force.

I was a professional potter for 35 years. I got serious about painting 10 years ago.

Flowers are my topics of choice.
Oil paint and canvas my medium.
My favourite thing – painting time with my music turned up, and my mind turned down.
My favourite painting – always the last one I completed.
My favourite quote – If not now, when?