Vintage Bee and Blooms Canvas Print female artist deep green road

deep green road

poppies and zinnias rendered in the dot-work language of the Vienna Secession

Two white poodles sit either side of a vase of pink and mustard blooms

There's a reason illustrators keep returning to the botanical still life

This piece brings pink peonies

Vintage Bee and Blooms Canvas Print female artist deep green roadBy late afternoon, the botanical study stops looking decorative and starts working. The bee sits dead centre on a cream peony, the warm honey yellow lifting against a near black ground, and the whole wall settles into something quieter and more grown up. Hang it above a writing desk, in a snug study, or on a moody hallway wall painted deep green or charcoal. It pairs well with aged oak, brass fittings, linen shades and stoneware in cream tones. Avoid