Poppies in the wind

Today I just had to paint my wild poppies again. Because I'm a plein air landscape painter the opportunities to paint lovely saturated reds come along seldom enough. Usually I have to wait until autumn brings it's bright red apples and blazing russet foliage. But these poppies are an unexpected joy. Snow last week. Wild flowers this week. The wind was a bit of a challenge today. Lovely bright sun, but a gusty breeze. I found that the shadows were much heavier today too. What do you think? Should I have waited for another drizzly day? Grin. Oil on 6x8 panel.


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Location:Maitai,New Zealand