The Camelia (2025) by Dymphna Lanjuran | Original Painting | Oil on Canvas

🌸 The Symbolism Behind the Camellia 🩷

"The flower represents a spirit of depth, self-reflection and inner strength - qualities that are highly esteemed in Japanese culture. They also symbolize love, loyalty and humility."

Source : Good ol' Google (call me old style, but there's no chatgpt or AI involved in the writing of this caption. Just me, myself and I, with the traditional internet search function to understand more about the meaning of this beautiful flower called Camellia).

The painting process of these Camelia flowers with oil paint took a long time (about a month or so), and with a mixture of feelings - relaxed, joyful, awe, frustration, confusion, gentleness, softness, calmness, gratitude, satisfaction - all rolled into one. And the result is this painting that is filled with softness, gentleness and healing energy.

I feel that this painting summarised my life as it is right now. That's the beauty of art, in a way - it embodies the painter's experience and feelings, thereon transmuted and transformed those into healing. 🩷

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Title : The Camelia 

Artist : Dymphna Lanjuran  

Year : 2025 

Medium : Oil on Canvas 

Size : 50 cm x 60 cm (without frame)