"My poppies are inspired by the Contessa Hamilton's farm in Tuscany.  Usually, poppies would have already wilted by the time I would arrive in June for to teach my Destination Workshop.  One glorious year when the weather had been particularly rainy, we were greeted with bountiful stands of red Italian poppies. Wild, growing everywhere. Lovely. The students and I spent loads of time studying them, painting them, picking and wearing them... Poppies continue to be a great inspiration to me, now working their way onto ever larger canvases." - Karen