Ion Șinca · The archive of the workIS-0048
Poppies
Maci
1997 · watercolour · 40 × 30 cm
A white bowl with blue decoration stands at the centre holding a bunch of red poppies, their petals open and their dark hearts marked with a few black strokes. From it long thin branches shoot out in every direction, scattered with small salmon-pink blossoms that spread like a net across the whole background — a warm grey-green worked in broad washes. A few emerald leaves and white accents cluster around the mouth of the bowl. The technique is watercolour or thinned tempera: the flower contours melt into the paper, and the red of the poppies remains the only saturated colour, held in balance by the white of the bowl.
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.
MotifsPloieștiflowersstill lifes
- Where it is today
- In the family's collection
How to cite
Ion Șinca, „Poppies” (Maci), 1997. Ion Șinca Archive, IS-0048. https://ionsinca.ro/en/artwork/maci-1997/
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