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Artworks
David Drum Canadian, b. 1944
Wild Poppies, 2018oil on masonite12 x 16 insigned bottom rightCurrency:Further images
This painting, titled “Wild Poppies” by David Drum, is a vivid and expressive floral landscape bursting with energy and colour. The composition centres on a radiant garden in full bloom,...This painting, titled “Wild Poppies” by David Drum, is a vivid and expressive floral landscape bursting with energy and colour. The composition centres on a radiant garden in full bloom, dominated by brilliant red poppies that cascade across the lower half of the canvas. These blooms are set against dense foliage rendered in deep greens, with splashes of yellow, pink, and white flowers adding rhythm and contrast.
The artist’s brushwork is bold and impastoed, with thick, tactile strokes that give the surface a lively texture. Drum’s use of pure, unmixed colour—particularly the fiery reds and sunlit yellows—creates a dynamic interplay against the cool, swirling blues of the sky, giving the scene both vibrancy and movement.
The composition conveys a sense of joyful abundance, as though the viewer is stepping into the middle of a flourishing summer garden. The loose, almost abstract handling of paint reflects Drum’s post-Impressionist sensibility, blending spontaneity with structured harmony. The overall mood is exuberant and life-affirming, celebrating the untamed beauty of nature in its most radiant form.
Provenance
- signed, titled and dated on reverse
- Carroll Fine Arts, Toronto