Ion Șinca · Exhibitions 2002, 2011, 2016IS-0081
Flower (detail) / Orchid
Floare (detaliu) / Orhidee
2002 · oil on canvas · 81 × 65 cm
A very close framing of a single flower: a lady's-slipper orchid whose long twisted petals, in deep crimson, spread like a propeller across the whole canvas. At the centre the fleshy lip, in cream yellow and brown-violet, is carefully modelled, its edges turned in and a small shadow inside. The ground is a weave of emerald, turquoise and cobalt leaves treated in broad patches that describe no space but push the flower forward. The complementary red-green contrast is taken to its limit; the enlargement to close-up scale turns the plant into an almost architectural structure.
Painted in the studio on Ion Creangă Street 15, Ploiești — the still lifes and flower pieces from 1984 onwards were made there. Established by the family, August 2026.
- Where it is today
- Not documentedThe work is documented — photograph, catalogue, exhibition — but the archive does not record where it is now. That does not mean lost; it means unrecorded.
- Exhibited
- 2002 · 2011 · 2016
How to cite
Ion Șinca, „Flower (detail) / Orchid” (Floare (detaliu) / Orhidee), 2002. Ion Șinca Archive, IS-0081. https://ionsinca.ro/en/artwork/floare-detaliu-orhidee-2002/
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