
Poppy Field

by Pennie McCracken
Title
Poppy Field
Artist
Pennie McCracken
Medium
Digital Art - Paintography / Digital Mixed Media
Description
As we all know poppies are the symbol of remembrance of the First World War. In 1921 artificial poppies were first sold in Britain to raise funds for ex-servicemen and the families of those who had died serving their country. It became so popular that in 1922 the British Legion founded a factory to make it's own poppies, staffed by disabled ex-servicemen, which it still continues to do to this day
The poppy factory, based in Richmond, London, England produces 6 million poppies a year, all made by hand. Why is the poppy worm to commemorate the sacrifices of the armed forces? Because once the war was over, after all the destruction to the land, the poppy was one of the only plants to grow on the otherwise barren battlefields.
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October 29th, 2019
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Comments (22)

Leanne Seymour
Congratulations on your image being featured in the "Semi Abstract -1 A Day" group! Please be sure to archive this image in the group discussion thread created for this purpose along with the date of feature. f/l

Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on “Poppy Field” receiving Honorable Mention on a avatar theme of “Red Flowers” as voted by group members for April 2020 in the “Artistic Aperture” group on Fine Art America.

Zsanan Studio
so happy to find your incredible work through The Artistic Aperture!...and following you! Luv-Luv-Luv this image...you made my day!!

Lutz Roland Lehn
Beautiful work, Penny. The story behind it is very impressive and I didn't know it. So we hope for the world that in the future there will be more flowers than weapons. L/F

HH Photography of Florida
Beautiful floral artwork. Congrats on being chosen Image of the Week in The Artistic Aperture group. L/pin

Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on “Poppy Field” being Image of the Week in “The Artistic Aperture” group on FAA.
Pennie McCracken replied:
Thank you very much Bob for the feature and for the promotion as image of the week, it is truly appreciated.

Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.

Hany J
Such a beautiful piece Pennie; I'm always AMMMAZED at your work; your composition; the amount of details; the depth; and of course the popping colours (pardon the pun)... Outstanding work as usual.