This original oil painting forms part of the A Love Written in Paeonia collection, exploring the peony as a symbol of beauty, contemplation and impermanence. Emerging from a deep, shadowed background, the bloom radiates shades of crimson, rose and vivid pink, its ruffled petals unfolding with a vitality that seems almost aflame.
Painted in oil and finished with genuine copper leaf edges, the work invites close contemplation of colour, depth, and form. The intricate folds of the petals create a gentle rhythm that draws the eye inward, while the surrounding darkness allows the flower to glow with a calm, almost meditative presence.
In Meditation in Magenta, the peony becomes a reflection on stillness itself. Its layered petals suggest that beauty is not revealed all at once, but discovered gradually through attentive looking. The painting invites a moment of quiet pause, reminding us that the deepest experiences of wonder are often found not in what demands our attention, but in what patiently unfolds before it.
Unframed: 20 cm in diameter | 7.87 inches in diameter.
Medium: oil on birch panel.
Finishing: the artwork comes ready to hang, and is finished with genuine copper leaf around the side edges.
