Sunflower Facing The Sun
by Sandi OReilly
Title
Sunflower Facing The Sun
Artist
Sandi OReilly
Medium
Photograph - Mixed Media Photograph, Painting Digital Art
Description
This image is from a sunflower I cut from a large field that grows sunflowers every year for their seeds and oil. They allow you to cut them for a charge for each flower and there are different kinds. They are amazing to see on such a large area of acres. . I have have painted on a canvas background and then added some base color. From Corel, Topaz and or PS, I then painted digitally with different oil and stylized brushes. Helianthus (/ˌhiːliˈænθəs/) is a genus of plants comprising about 70 species. Except for three species in South America, all Helianthus species are native to North America and Central America. The common names "sunflower" and "common sunflower" typically refer to the popular annual species Helianthus annuus, whose round flower heads in combination with the ligules look like the sun. This and other species, notably Jerusalem artichoke (H. tuberosus), are cultivated in temperate regions and some tropical regions as food crops for humans, cattle, and poultry, and as ornamental plants. The species H. annuus typically grows during the summer and into early fall, with the peak growth season being mid-summer.
Perennial sunflower species are not as common in garden use due to their tendency to spread rapidly and become invasive. The whorled sunflower, Helianthus verticillatus, was listed as an endangered species in 2014 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule protecting it under the Endangered Species Act. The primary threats are industrial forestry and pine plantations in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. They grow to 1.8 m (6 ft) and are primarily found in woodlands, adjacent to creeks and moist, prairie-like areas. Fine Art Sunflower Facing The Sun mixed media photography painting digital artwork by Sandi OReilly, All Rights Reserved and Copyrighted in the US and Internationally. No use of this image without my written permission!
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August 27th, 2020
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