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Ember Bloom, Red and Gold Flower on Black

A single red and orange marigold-type flower with layered, ruffled petals and a bright yellow center sits in the middle of a black rectangle. Each petal is covered in small swirling marks and edged in gold. The black panel is surrounded by a dark red-brown border made of enlarged, blurred petals from the same flower.

A single red-and-gold flower glowing on a deep black field, with a swirl of small marks in every petal. It reads as a dark, rich, painterly bloom rather than a bright garden snapshot. Someone with a warm or moody room, or a wall that needs one strong focal point, would pick this over the many bright, pastel or simply photographic flower prints. The frame is made from an enlarged, darkened copy of the same flower, so the piece looks matted and finished without a separate mat.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski