Sunflowers

Tall, withered sunflower stalks with curling, dried leaves and heavy seed heads lean diagonally across the canvas, one flower head cut open to reveal its cross-section. Two pale, luminous apples sit on a green tabletop below, small and quiet against the towering dead plants and the deep, saturated blue that fills the background.

Strong outlines in orange and red define each leaf and stem against the flat cobalt ground, while thick, textured paint gives the dried foliage a rough, tactile surface. The high-contrast palette of blue, ochre and rust, combined with the angular, expressive drawing, creates a dramatic, almost theatrical still life.