Painting of an Orchid Monet It feels especially at home

It feels especially at home above a bed

its lilac-grey slopes dissolving into a warm sepia sky where two birds drift on the breeze

The fiery flowers burst from the cactus crowns like flames

and it lifts a hallway that needs a touch of life

Heavy palette-knife work gives the foliage a real

Painting of an Orchid Monet It feels especially at homeA cluster of orchids fills this lush close up, their broad ivory petals brushed with pale pink veining and opening around vivid crimson throats freckled with gold. The blooms overlap in a generous spray, each ruffled lip flaring at the edges to reveal deep scarlet centres that draw the eye inward. A moody, smoky backdrop in warm browns and rose tones throws the flowers forward, lending the whole image a rich, almost theatrical depth. The effect is