LEGENDS ABOUT THE POPPY.
Poppy is possibly the oldest cultivated plant. According to ancient Roman legend, the poppy appeared from the tears of Venus (the goddess of gardens, beauty and love), she shed when found out about the death of the beautiful young man Adonis.
According to Buddhist legend, a poppy grew up on earth, touched by the eyelashes of the sleeping Buddha.
The painting was painted during the first wave of the pandemic. I was not at home in Russia, but abroad in Turkey. It was spring and I could walk for a long time in the mountains and watch the poppies bloom.