The ten best flower paintings

As featured in the Observer...                                                                                                          

Once again the Observer art critics have picked a common topic and found something unusual to say about it. In this article they tackled the well-worn topic of floral paintings and found a range of examples, all inspirationally different. A great source of ideas for those of us who love to paint nature.

Hokusai
Bullfinch on Weeping Cherry (c 1840)
British Library, London

Andy Warhol
Flowers (1970)
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

Ten best flower paintings, as featured in the observer 

Here is a link to some flower photos I took in April last year, when it was a scorching 22 degrees.