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Ruffled Light, Soft Focus Flower Petals

A very close view of the ruffled, curling petals of a flower, in cream and peach with bright magenta and yellow at the center. Most of the frame is softly blurred, with pink at the top left, deep blue at the lower left and warm orange-red on the right. Only a few petal edges come into sharp focus.

Someone wants this piece because it turns a flower into a glowing field of colour. Ruffled cream and peach petals are almost the only sharp thing in a soft wash of pink, orange-red and deep blue. A small bright patch of magenta and yellow sits tucked in the folds, and the eye lands there first. It is a floral that feels dreamy and luminous rather than a botanical record, which sets it apart from the many crisp, centred flower prints in the same category.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski