Good morning! An art group I am a member of, on Facebook, has regular themes. This week’s theme is anything related to ‘the sun’, which is in a broad interpretation. There have been some wonderful posts of members’ sunflower paintings, which I find delightful, as I love the happy, optimistic flowers!
I discovered this really interesting article from The National Gallery regarding the most famous sunflower painting ever. You guessed it…Van Gogh’s Sunflowers!
Here is the article: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/paintings-in-depth/sunflowers-symbols-of-happiness
I painted this sunflower a couple of years ago. It makes me so happy…the beautiful, vibrant, loose colours. I must get a little frame for it and put it somewhere I can gaze at it as therapy when I feel a but challenged!!
Sunflower, Sarah Drury, 2020, watercolour
How do you feel about sunflowers? How about sunflower art? Do the sunny flowers fill you with joy and optimism? I bought a vase of artificial sunflowers to remember a young boy (he was 15) who took his own life by jumping into the River Trent. I keep them on my windowsill where the sun shines onto them. I hope he is at peace.
*Featured header Image by Susanne Jutzeler, Schweiz 🇨🇭 suju-foto from Pixabay
the starry-eyed mermaid 