Artist’s Description

Peonies is an original oil painting on stretched canvas by Dawn Rodger and is a unique artwork for sale.

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Peonies are romantic sculptural beauties that flower in such a brief season. Here, they are captured forever in high quality oil paints on stretched canvas. The painting continues around the sides of the canvas and it comes with appropriate hanging fixings ready to hang straight onto your wall. A coat of varnish has been applied to protect the painted surface. The work is signed on the front. A catalogued certificate of authenticity is included. The painting will be carefully packaged and sent fully insured via a tracked courier.

Collector’s Insight

Dawn Rodger fills the canvas entirely with the world of the peony — not a study of flowers in a room, but an immersion in them. Blush blooms of cream and rose crowd every corner, their layered petals rendered with the kind of close attention that makes you feel the silk weight of them. A cobalt blue vase anchors the composition at the base, its cool depth a perfect foil for the warmth of the flowers above. And then, almost hidden among the blooms: a single blue butterfly, its wings a vivid electric accent that stops the eye and rewards the patient viewer.

The dark background — deep burgundy-black — gives the whole composition the feeling of a painting lit from within, the petals luminous against the shadow. Scattered gold threads catch the light between the stems, adding a subtle richness that elevates the work beyond straightforward botanical painting into something more celebratory and alive.

Collectors who love large-scale floral painting, the Dutch still life tradition brought into a contemporary sensibility, and works that reward close inspection will find Peonies a deeply satisfying and joyful acquisition. Portrait in format and generous in scale, it brings the extravagance of the peony season into any room — permanently.

Materials & Presentation

• Oil on stretched canvas
• Artwork size: 23.6 × 31.5 inches (59.9 × 80 cm)
• Painting continues around canvas sides
• Varnished surface
• Signed on the front
• Certificate of authenticity included
• Hanging fixings included, ready to hang
• Free shipping, fully insured via tracked courier