Heart Flowers

by Hazel Holland

Title

Heart Flowers

Artist

Hazel Holland

Medium

Painting - Watercolor

Description

I was doodling around wanting to paint heart-shaped flowers, not knowing at the time if heart-shaped flowers like this already exist, but they do now!

Then when my my friend, Chris, saw the painting, she reminded me that they looked like shamrocks. Of course, she's right! I'd forgotten all about the shamrock having heart-shaped petals... actually leaves.

I use to pick them as a child when we lived in Ireland. They always grew down near the ocean. Every time we would go to the seaside (that's what we called the beach back then) I would look for the little white shamrock flowers so I could pick the heart-shaped leaves.

I'm remembering now that they are related to the clover. Once in a while in my hunt for shamrocks I would run across a four-leafed shamrock and squeal with delight. I remember now how the leaves are very sensitive to light. They react dramatically... opening to sunshine and closing up if the light dims!

I painted the flowers these colors because I wanted some petals to reflect the sky and the clouds, others the green grass and trees, and then one flower was devoted to the color of love.♥

Won 2nd place in "Respect Diversity" contest 3/18/16

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April 25th, 2013

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