Poppies Popping was just an idea swirling in my brain when I began to paint it in April at the shore.
I used transparent watercolors on a full sheet of Arches 300 lb cold press 30″ x 22″ paper. My critique group voted down the black frame (which I felt really popped the poppies) that I had ordered to go with the painting and its 5″ acid-free mat in favor of a pale platinum gold frame. My daughter-in-law loves the painting with the black frame, so if it doesn’t sell from this show, I’ll give it to her, with my love, re-framed in black.
