Chrysanthemum painting in powder blue with tapered petals - Breath of the garden - Chrysanthemum Edition

The visual

Two large chrysanthemum flowers unfold on an ivory creambackground, accompanied by a bud still closed on the right of the composition. The pictorial treatment combines gradients of slate blue and powder blue, from the most intense in the hearts of the flowers to the almost translucent white on the tips of the petals. The thin stems, sketched in grey-green, bring a discreet contrast with the toothed leaves painted in a grey scale. The pictorial gesture evokes watercolor, with light impasto and petal fibers that seem to vibrate under a breath of wind. The light seems to come from the background, bathing the whole in a soft and homogeneous clarity. The panoramic format reinforces the impression of horizontal movement, as if the flowers were all bowing in the same direction. The whole exudes a great graphic finesse, between classic botany and contemporary interpretation.