The bright and cheery California Poppy defies description with words. Its flowers, in shades of orange and gold seem to reflect perfectly the Californa sun. One of my first and still favorite subjects to paint is the California Poppy. I love their subborn insistance on growing in all the improbable places in California, from the edge of the desert to the sandy soil near the ocean. I have discovered many things about poppies by painting them, and I have tried to incorporate that into my art.