Pale Paeony
by Stephanie Grant
Title
Pale Paeony
Artist
Stephanie Grant
Medium
Photograph - Digital / Photography
Description
A digital painting in soft tones from a photograph of a paeony flower.
The peony or paeony is a flowering plant in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, Southern Europe and Western North America. Boundaries between species are not clear and estimates of the number of species range from 25 to 40.
Most are herbaceous perennial plants 0.5–1.5 meters (1.6–4.9 ft) tall, but some resemble trees 1.5–3 meters (4.9–9.8 ft) tall. They have compound, deeply lobed leaves and large, often fragrant, flowers, ranging from red to white or yellow, in late spring and early summer.
The paeony is named after Paeon (also spelled Paean), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. Asclepius became jealous of his pupil; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower.
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April 7th, 2015
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Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
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