This expressive botanical painting celebrates the quiet beauty and strength of lavender bloom. The richly worked background , with its sweeping emerald, sage and turquoise , gives the piece wonderful depth while allowing the purple blossoms to command attention . Touches of soft pink, mauve and lighter violet catch the imagined light , bringing warmth and variation to the deeper purples. The work is influenced by botanical expressionism and the natural world of cottage and wild gardens, where plants are appreciated in their imperfect, freely growing form rather than presented as precise botanical studies . Lavender is particularly suited to this approach because of its associations with tranquility , grace, healing and peacefulness. Overall , the painting feels peaceful , yet vibrant , a celebration of simple natural beauty and the sense of calm found within a garden ,