Peachy Poppies 4 Watercolour

This earthy yellow field of poppies is part of my Poppies and Peacocks studies, as well as my ongoing exploration of subtle value variations, earth toned landscapes and capturing shape through simplification. It depicts a vision of the world closer to a child's where everything is possible, like a blue sun. Im deeply inspired by the rich earthy hues, tones and textures of the Australian outback, a fascination that permeates all my work.

This painting has torn edges on the upper and lower edges as well a 1cm white border all around as shown in the picture, showcasing the beautiful hand crafted quality of the paper. It comes wrapped in tissue and rolled in a tube.

Original painting Copyright © Natalia Pelaez Natapart 2017 - 2025

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Framing: I highly recommend this artwork to be float framed under glass.

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Its much harder for me to talk about my art than it is to paint ;)
Words come later, images and the joy I experience when I paint comes first.

I sometimes think about my work as a maze. I go into long winded paths of discovery, I dive deep into a subject but I follow tangents too. They sometimes lead to dead ends yet other times bring about the most wonderful discoveries.

Ive learned not to give up too soon. Is almost a scientific approach: establishing outcomes through testing and experimentation; making observations, predictions and most importantly analysing the results.

I work in collections. I explore a subject until I feel like its ran its course. I paint in tied palette that I almost always mix myself, colour mixing and creating my own colours is a big part of my prep work. My palette oscillates between earthy tones, dark moody ones and blue, the colour that I seem to be gravitating towards in recent months. As Van Gogh said "There is no blue without yellow and orange", therefore I also incorporate those two, its a must!