A touch of red
Pretty Alstroemerias, also known as the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas are adding a touch of red to my garden pots at this time of year. They seem to be pretty hardy plants in my garden, surviving the heavy frosts and direct sunshine to come up flowering time after time.
The most popular and showy hybrids commonly grown today result from crosses between species from Chile (winter-growing) with species from Brazil (summer-growing). This strategy has overcome the florists' problem of seasonal dormancy and resulted in plants that are evergreen, or nearly so, and flower for most of the year.
Acrylic paint is used to build up layers of colour and details onto the flowers, a contrast in style to the background. I added more reds and oranges to the flowers and toned down the yellow in order to give the picture a more autumnal look.