With the virus sweeping the country and getting worse by the day, I thought that my post today should be something to cheer us all up. So the topic today is Sunflowers. Giant happy faces that can cheer everyone up. Here in Queensland the sunflowers crops are just coming into bloom at the moment, so they are also topical for that reason.
Sunflowers and Daisies 1
Sunflowers and Daisies 2
Sunflowers turn their face to the sun as the day progresses and this is a difficulty for a still life painter. Just when they are set up nicely, they decide to do their own thing and to slowly swing round to face the spotlight.
Sunflowers and Dragon 2
Sunflowers and Bird
Painting sunflowers is something most children have done at school. Their happy faces are easy to draw and easy to colour in. So they carry with them all the happiness and innocence of childhood. All good memories of the kind we need just now!
Sunflowers and Glass Vase
So as the dark storm clouds of virus are all around us, we can look forward, like the sunflowers to the time when the sun will come up over the hill, bright and new!
Many Sunflowers
Next Exhibition
My next art exhibition will be held at the Brisbane Institute of Art from 10th to the 23rd November 2022. Send me a note and I’ll remind you before my art show starts. Christine.
