Strelitzia rossa - Maria Emanuela Fiori

A bird of paradise flower opens at the top of a pale pink ground, its orange and yellow sepals rising out of a long green and coral bract. Broad banana-like leaves in green, teal and gold cross the lower half, and the stems behind them are drawn in blue, orange and violet outlines.

Gouache on paper, laid on in flat washes with the outlines drawn in over the colour. Maria Emanuela Fiori is an Italian illustrator, born and living in Sardinia, who works in dense gouache and takes her forms from nature. Available as a poster or fine art canvas print in multiple sizes.