By Amanda Richardson...British fabric/textile artist....Penberth Valley..land's end.. Cornwall, England UK
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Oriental Poppies (2021) by Northumberland-based British watercolour artist, Mary Ann Rogers
by Mihai Olteanu
Iceland Poppies by Roulette
Canyon Poppies..hand dyed and painted silks and cottons...by Karel Hendee...American quilt artist..silk painter..educator
Georgia O'Keeffe 1927 Red Poppy - two views with different shades of red reproduced.
Photo from Facebook
Poppy Platter, after O'Keefe, by Barbara Rogers, ceramic
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I have never had illusions about the value of my individual contribution! I realized early that what a man or a woman does is built on what those who have gone before have done, that its real value depends on making the matter in hand a little clearer, a little sounder for those who come after. Nobody begins or ends anything. Each person is a link, weak or strong, in an endless chain. One of our gravest mistakes is persuading ourselves that nobody has passed this way before.”
American journalist, Ida Tarbell, best known for The History of the Standard Oil Company, in 1902 that exposed the questionable business practices of the Standard Oil Company.
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Sharing a bit late to Floral Friday Fotos
In a previous part of my life, i had an okay garden, but the nice poppies that I planted never took. They were expensive too.
ReplyDeleteI've also never had luck growing any. Perhaps that's why I love them so much artistically!
DeleteHello Barb, Happy Sunday!
ReplyDeleteI love all the poppy images and Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings.
Take care, enjoy your day and happy new week.
Hi Eileen...thanks for dropping by. Hope your holiday is fun, restful, and enjoyable.
Delete...I bought two poppies from a veteran this week. Barbara, you assembled a beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember ever buying poppies, but I have worn them when they were available. The live ones are best.
DeletePoppies have always been one of my favourite flowers. And yes, to me they are inextricably linked with Remembrance Day and war veterans.
ReplyDeleteI guess I missed much of that, not having any family members who had been veterans. But now I live near a state's veteran's cemetery, so it is certainly sobering to drive by it often.
DeletePoppies have a history with a lot of hysterical laws because of heroin. For years you couldn't buy poppy seeds here for baking, even. They're a lovely flower despite the human reactions.
ReplyDeleteI would imagine the heroin industry was more well known by the veterans who'd served in Asia more recently, than those who were stationed in Europe or Africa. I'd forgotten about how there were also people who avoided poppy seed dressing because they were recovering addicts, and were afraid their urine samples would be contaminated.
DeleteVery timely post on poppies.
ReplyDeleteYour poppy platter is gorgeous. You are such an artist!
I sold and gave away most of my ceramics with the O'Keeffe style poppies on them. But I happily kept a couple of bowls, which are now packed away awaiting the big hoped for move. Thanks. Painting with "Stroke N Coat" getting the 3 coats on is a real chore!
DeleteBut you did it so beautifully!
DeleteI too have planted expensive poppies, only to have them disappear after a season. Such a beautiful flower--maybe wonder it is beloved of so many artists.
ReplyDeleteOver at Warren Wilson College farm they grew a whole field one year. Not sure where my photo of it went...and it was plowed under by the time I drove over to try to take my own photos. I wonder what the trick is!
DeleteI love all of these! I have had poor luck with growing poppies...had a few years ago but have never had any survive since.
ReplyDeleteThe only time I saw some growing in someone's yard, I snuck into their backyard and hoped they didn't see me. There were just a few blooming near the porch, while her entire garden had been planted in irises. It was incredible.
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