Coral Charm Peonies

Coral Charm Peonies are a large, full-blown bloom, that changes colour as it ages. From the deepest coral, through shades of pinky peach, to soft apricot and finally, pale lemon. No other flower steals my heart quite like the Coral Charm peony. The fleeting 6 week flowering season of this bloom is perhaps why I needed to capture it on canvas, to enjoy, day after day.

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For most of my life I have worked with Mother Nature as a florist. I live and breathe flowers daily, and am always excited as the changing seasons bring about a new bounty of blooms that never fail to delight. In 2011, my home and business were lost in the floods that devastated Brisbane, and I turned to painting as a way of overcoming anxiety. It was a trial and error learning curve, that saw me originally working with acrylic paints, and then moving on to oils, and now I am currently working with watercolours. I love photographing the flowers I work with, through the life cycle of bud to decay, and then using my photos to create a composition that I would like to paint. In 2016 I held my first solo exhibition in Brisbane, which was hugely successful. In 2017 I won People’s Choice award and Curators Choice at the Rotary Art Spectacular in Brisbane. My art journey is continually evolving and I hope you will enjoy my work as much as I have had creating it.