Daily Painting

Peony

20cm x 13cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Monday, 14 April 2014 · Flower paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

11 comments

Alain

What a sexy flower! Both overmodest and tenderly provoking! And the earthenware vase,green with envy,and proud as a peacock,keeps a close watch on her. Poor flower,not fully opened (this is not surprising),you have lost a petal of tear!
But why does she love male chauvinist? He is oafish and... cracked!
So,filmy peony,please could you tell us why?

Evelyn

This painting makes my heart sing! Peonies are my favorite flowers, and this one looks beautiful next to the shiny green pot.

Anna Howard

Dear Julian, sleeping beauty of the old French fairy tale, faded, peachy pink silk petals, the gold tipped stamens glimpsed, fragility against the hard reflecting glaze of the intense Provencal green pot.I am swooning!
Anna.

joan williamson

Loved this one! Your paintings seem so fresh, unlabored and immediate.

Really enjoy the comments, so artful and poetic.They express what I feel about this one. I am inspired , once again to put together a simple tableau and paint, paint, paint!

Joan

Painter’s notes

Ruth had bought some peonies for the house which were way too pink to paint, but one bloom lightened up completely as it started to go over—I couldn't resist

Julian Merrow-Smith ·