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Scrolled Peony, White Bloom on Dark Green

A large, ruffled white and cream peony fills the center of a dark frame, with a smaller bud sitting above it. Thin streaks of pink-red show in a few of the petals. Dark green leaves surround the flower, and the petal surfaces look like small painted spirals.

A single white peony that glows out of near-black green, with every petal built from small swirling spiral curls. It reads as a flower first and a painted surface second. Most white-flower art is airy and bright. This one is dark, dense and tactile, so it gives a wall real weight and contrast instead of a pale accent.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski