Poppies are among my favorite flowers and my newest painting is dedicated to the poppies I grew myself last summer. I have just finished it after working on it for about 2 weeks. I have it painted with acrylics on 12” x 16” (30cm x 40cm) linen canvas 1½” deep.
Poppies - acrylic on canavs by Veny
Looking very fragile poppies do come in a wide variety of colors, from white through yellow, from pink to the deep hued reds, oranges and even a few purple and blue varieties. The flowers are cup-shaped with four or five or more large petals surrounding a barrel-shaped pistil with many ridges made of the fused stigma.
One of the most famous paintings of poppies is “Poppy Flowers” by Van Gogh. It was stolen in August 2010 from a museum in Cairo, Egypt. The painting with street value of over $50 million was later recovered.
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