Red Peony Painting Frame:Linen white a tiny green sprig and

a tiny green sprig and a scatter of pale floating hearts hanging in the chilly air between them

Mounted above a bed with an upholstered headboard

their dark trunks fading into a pale silver haze that hangs among the upper branches

sun-drenched intensity

A frozen lake and distant mountains stretch across the middle of the scene

Red Peony Painting Frame:Linen white a tiny green sprig andA single red peony opens in full bloom against a dark, almost theatrical background. Painted with rich oil like depth, its layered crimson petals catch the light at their ruffled edges while curling into deep shadow at the heart, where a cluster of golden stamens glows. Dark green leaves fan out below the flower, and a small unopened bud rests at the base, promising more to come. The chiaroscuro lighting lends the whole piece a sense of old master