A rare blue Meconopsis — the Himalayan poppy — discovered at Newby Hall Gardens. Its impossible, celestial blue felt like something glimpsed rather than found, fleeting yet eternal. I painted to celebrate its rarity — a moment of pure wonder held delicately in pigment and breath.

This work captures the essence of transience: the bloom that appears only once in a lifetime, suspended between fragility and brilliance.

66cm x 90cm unframed Oil and mixed media on paper