Hollyhocks 4

Against an electric blue field that reads like open sky and pure sensation, the blossoms flare outward in layered rings of coral, magenta, and sunlit gold, their centers pulsing with creamy whites that feel almost incandescent. The composition stacks stems and blooms in a buoyant vertical rhythm, creating a chorus of rising forms—buds, petals, and leaves—each one a small declaration of becoming. Thick, tactile brushwork and saturated contrasts turn the garden into a state of mind: exuberance held briefly in balance with fragility, as if summer’s abundance is being celebrated at the precise moment it begins to pass. The painting’s intimacy comes from this tension—lush surface pleasure carrying an undercurrent of transience and renewal.