Tithonias
![A blue and white jug holds yellow flowers.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1846-367x520.jpg)
The Blue and White Jug
These blossoms look like sunflowers, but they are Tithonias, sometimes called Mexican Sunflowers or even Japanese Sunflowers. They grow profusely on the banks of a creek in my suburb. In winter they are a riot of colour when not much else is blooming. That’s why they feature among my still life paintings. I have added a photograph of the actual plant and also a couple of paintings of real sunflowers so you can see the difference.
![Three flowers ad some deadheads from the Tithonia plant.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Real-Tithonias-390x520.jpg)
A photograph of the real plant and it’s flowers.
![Several containers hold yellow flowers.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2047-341x520.jpg)
Tithonias and Enamelware.
![A blue jug holds Tithonia flowers.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2536-405x520.jpg)
Blue and Yellow.
![Two jugs of yellow flowers stand on a patterned tablecloth.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2048-copy-411x520.jpg)
Two Jugs of Flowers.
![Flowers in an enamel jug.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2414-360x520.jpg)
Tithonias and Blue and White Ceramics.
![Sunflowers in a glass vase.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1260-363x520.jpg)
Sunflowers
Next Exhibition
My next art exhibition will be held at the Brisbane Institute of Art from 11th to the 23rd November 2022. Send me a note and I’ll remind you before my art show starts. Christine.
![Sunflowers in front of a nic nack holder.](https://www.christineatkins.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2452-433x520.jpg)
Sunflowers and Nick Nacks.