This piece was just recently completed. I love poppies and wanted to immortalize them because their short bloom makes their presence so fleeting. But the way poppies are fine and graceful, with their rice-paper petals and brilliant color, is in contradiction to their World War I symbolism of battlefield burials. They’re delicate and flirty, but also earnest and sturdy and purposeful. The natural world is fabulous at creating things that hold a balance between two contradictory qualities.

This piece was a commission for a private home, so the original is not available for purchase. We're considering doing a limited edition run of giclée prints of this piece, though, so stay tuned.