"Life has always poppies in her hands" from the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
I have drawn and painted a lot of poppies this year (2021) It;s not just the colour of them, it's the mixture of things they represent. Seeing thm growing wild in the hedgrows and field over the last couple of months has been joyous after such a long dark winter. But at the same time, poppies always remind me of the slaughter of WW1 and the John McCrae Poem 'In Flanders Fields'
This painting is Mixed media (acriylic, ink and pastel) and measures 11" x 13"