Sunflowers Beneath Faded Words

A weathered field of sunflowers rises against a pale, distressed ground, their dark, almost hollow centers and sagging stems giving the familiar subject a solemn presence. Heavy impasto builds the flowers and undergrowth into rugged relief, while thin handwritten script stretches across the upper register like a fragment of a dedication or letter. The horizontal composition feels both botanical and memorial, with flashes of yellow and green emerging through gray, umber, and ash-colored layers.