Sweet like Candy

“Sweet like Candy” refers to how delightful this bunch of flowers are, and also how the belly-button yellows and swirling lisianthus remind me of a sweet shop.  Whenever I go into a florist I do really feel like a kid in a sweet shop – so many pops of colour and the scents that fill the air are dreamy.  This colourful bunch was painted in Dartmouth, in front of the art society and I think their warmth and friendliness, only added to the paint itself.  It overflows with colour and really is Sweet like Candy.

It is acrylic on deep canvas, 60 x 60 cm, with a yellow side trim – they glow in the light and there is so much to take in when you look closely, from japonica flowers, to dahlias, to lisianthus,  a fern, willow, eucalyptus and yellow belly-buttons (though perhaps that is not their Latin name!).