Peonies

Five peonies, five stages - beauty and the passage of time in a single vase

Peonies are among the most extravagant and fleeting of flowers - tight-budded one day, fully open and almost overwhelmingly lush the next, and gone before you have quite finished looking at them. This painting holds all of that in a single composition: five peonies in a white vase with a blue design, each at a different stage of its life - from the closed bud that holds everything in promise, through the unfurling stages, to the full, opulent bloom that gives everything it has before it falls.

It is a painting about beauty and time - the way the two are always inseparable, the way a flower's loveliness is sharpened by its brevity. The white vase with its blue pattern grounds the composition with a quiet elegance, and the five peonies together tell a story that a single flower never could. Presented in a gold frame, it arrives ready to hang.

About this original artwork

• One of a kind - this is a unique, original painting. Once it's gone, it's gone
• Depicts five peonies in a white vase with blue design - each at a different stage of growth, from bud to full bloom
• A painting about beauty and the passage of time
• Presented in a gold frame - 30.5 x 25.5 cm, ready to hang
• Medium: Oil on handmade canvas board
• Size: 8 x 6 inches (20 x 15 cm)
• Signed by the artist
• Supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity

Collecting original art

Owning an original painting means owning something no one else in the world has. This piece was painted entirely by hand by Marta Stolarska - every petal and stage of bloom observed with care, the whole brief, beautiful life of a peony held in oil on canvas. It arrives framed and ready to treasure.

Five peonies, five moments - from bud to bloom, in a white vase with blue, framed in gold.