Hollyhocks 2

A chorus of hollyhock-like blooms rises in layered tiers, their cool cerulean petals edged with lime and citron, as if daylight were being refracted through living tissue. The painting’s rhythm is built on repeated circular centers—embers of crimson and gold—that punctuate the vertical climb of stems, turning a garden scene into a meditation on renewal and resilience. Broad, decisive brushwork keeps the petals slightly fractured, suggesting motion and breath, while the pale, open ground behind them grants the flowers a poised buoyancy between intimacy and air. In this gentle tension between vivid color and spacious quiet, the work reads as an affirmation of growth: exuberant, yet held within a calm, luminous field.