Sunflower Painting
Medium: Oil on Cardboard
Painted in (year): 2015
Category: Landscape Art Paintings
Sunflower is an original, one-of-a-kind, landscape painting signed by artist Ioan Popei. This piece of art was created in 2015 and the painter used oil on cardboard. It measures 28" x 20" inch (70 x 50 cm) and is available for sale online for 1000 USD.
THOUGHTS ON PAINTING
Full of earthy hues of greens and muted yellows, the Sunflower painting by Ioan Popei is a piece that speaks to the natural inclination of human nature to seek out light in times of darkness. The piece consists of a handful of sunflowers stretching eagerly towards their warm, yellow life source from the green and somewhat murky atmosphere that surrounds their base. These flowers in action symbolize a feeling of hope where persons are naturally inclined to follow their religious beliefs when faced with instances of uncertainty.
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