HA019 Tulip Istanbul

Flowers under a blue sky

Cotton canvas

charcoal

Painting size: 45cm x 60cm

Framing size: 54.5cm x 71.5cm

Drawing with only charcoal and kneaded eraser

The "Flowers in the Blue Sky" series.

The painting depicts flowers in a vase against a European landscape backdrop.

The setting is Istanbul.

The Blue Mosque, a World Heritage Site.

The flower is a tulip.

Tulips are native to Türkiye and have long been considered flowers with a deep connection to the gods.

The walls of the mosque are covered with 21,034 tiles, each depicting a different tulip pattern.

I painted tulips in front of the Blue Mosque that look like they could fly away into the sky at any moment.