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Tiny Whirlpools, Sunflower Close-Up

A close view of a sunflower head with a dark brown and purple center made of many small spiral curls. Green leaves frame the left side, and warm orange and cream tones fill the right. A dark brown swirled border surrounds the image, and the whole surface looks like thick oil paint.

A collector who loves sunflowers but is tired of the bright yellow, petal-heavy versions will find a different flower here. Every seed in the disc has become a small spiral curl, so the centre reads as a field of tiny whirlpools. The palette is brown, purple and gold with orange, cream and green, and the surface looks like thick oil paint. That makes it a warm, textured sunflower with a dark, grounded centre rather than a cheerful yellow one.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski