Hydrangea – $2,450

75cmW x 75cmH x 3.5cmD  –  Oil on gallery canvas with gold leaf background.

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I am enamoured with mother nature and in particular her flowers. Their shapes, colours, sizes, textures, smell – everything about them fills me with wonder and joy. This magnificent Hydrangea reminds of my Grandma Gwen.  She had a hedge of Hydrangea growing along her front porch brick wall in Lenah Valley Tasmania, loving tended by herself and her two sisters Molly and Dora.  I will remember those beautiful plants and huge flower heads always.  This painting brought my Grandma (& her sisters) back to me with every stroke and every thought of colour and shape.   This piece is created with enhanced* oil paint on a gold leaf background and gold painted edges.

To bloom in a vibrant to soft baby blue, the Hydrangea needs acidic soil with a pH level below 5.5. For purple hydrangeas, the ideal pH level has to be anywhere from 5.5. to 6.5. Hydrangeas that are grown in soil with pH levels above 7 bloom in pink and even red. Grounds with different levels of acidity nearby can lead to beautiful colour washes even within the same flower heads.  If you think the colourful flowers are petals, you have been deceived.  They are modified leaves that protect the flower bud. The beautiful colour variations happen as the sepals age and the overpowering pigments turn the flowers from mundane greens into colourful beauties.  Hydrangea leaves contain low levels of the poison cyanide.  Though rarely fatal, consuming the leaves can cause diarrhoea, nausea and even seizures so parents of children and pets alike should be cautious.

Blue hydrangeas are  most commonly associated with regret and apology. White with grace, purity, and vanity. Pink are for appreciation and gratitude. Yellow for joy and friendship. Green for rebirth, prosperity, abundance, and renewal.

*When I paint flowers I energetically enhance the paint with hand-made crystal essences.  These essences are lovingly, purposefully made with guided intention by a Wholistic WellBeing Intuitive.  You can use this piece of art in your own personal healing practices or just hang it on your wall 😆.

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