Botanical & Flowers · vertical

Lilac Glow, Pink Irises on Deep Green

Several pink and lavender irises with ruffled, folded petals fill a vertical frame, and the dark green background sets off their warm color. The edges are soft and blended, so the flowers look painted rather than sharply photographed. A fine textured grain covers the surface, and a few buds and green stems show among the open blooms.

A collector wants this for the way the irises stop being sharp petals and turn into soft blurs of rose, peach and lilac that glow against a deep, shadowed green. It is a floral for someone who loves flowers but not the crisp, catalogue-bright kind. The warm pinks have real depth behind them, and the fine grain and blended strokes make it look painted rather than photographed. It is a vertical frame packed with blooms, buds and green stems, with very little empty space.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski