Wallflowers Blue, 2026
By Kristen Coates
12"H x 12"W
Acrylic on canvas
Signed and dated on reverse
Wallflowers Blue explores floral form through layers of cool color and gesture. Soft blues, mint greens, and deep indigo shapes gather and disperse across the canvas, suggesting blossoms emerging from shifting planes of color.
The flowers appear almost accidentally, formed through the interaction of brushstroke, pigment, and space. Rather than describing a bouquet, the painting captures the sensation of flowers: their softness, their movement, and the way they quietly occupy a room, scale a wall. A study in color, atmosphere, and the expressive language of paint.