PEACH TULIP

PEACH TULIP

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on stretched canvas

I love tulips.  They are so pure and simple.  The sun shinning through their rich colored petals seems the essence of new life and the heart of spring.

This from Wikipedia

"In Persia, to give a red tulip was to declare your love. The black center of the red tulip was said to represent the lover's heart, burned to a coal by love's passion. To give a yellow tulip was to declare your love hopelessly and utterly."

Here is alink to a very fine poem by Sylvia Plath about tulips she received in the hospital.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178974