Daily Painting

Poppies in an orchard

35cm x 16cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

This painting is available as a limited-edition print.

Painted Sunday, 29 June 2014 · Landscape paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

14 comments

Naomi Rudo

Gorgeous, and who but a fool or a blind woman-man can resist red poppies in a field.
Thanks, Julien

Ron Wind

This is a magical piece of work. I've always been drawn to your dark still life paintings but this one impresses me just as much. Thanks for posting it.

Carole

Love this painting and the lighting above the poppies......carefree and whimsical and so summer typical.

Elaine Culbert


Wow!!!! I am just in love with this piece but then again, I love all your work.

This is just gorgeous - very refreshing and uplifting. Who doesn't love poppies?!

To use an old expression ..... "I'd give my eye teeth" to paint as freely as you do.

Thank you, Julien.

JOL

I have a picture of Michele, our daughter, when she was a little girl, in a field of poppies, with Sancerre in the distance. This painting, like Proust's "madeleine," evokes lovely memories as well as admiration for its exquisite freshness. Merci, Julian. (Do people who spell your name "Julien" confuse you with "Julien Sorel"?)

Painter’s notes

This is a studio painting taken from a tiny plein air demo I did during one of the courses—I thought it would look good really big so a 14x6" study seemed a good test—I'll have to get a big canvas stretched!

Julian Merrow-Smith ·