Dark Floral Circle Wallpaper

This dramatic, large-scale floral wallpaper design is inspired by the still life paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. Majestic, ethereal blooms cascade down a dark, shadowy background.

As they emerge out of the darkness and into the light, flowers provide us with powerful symbols of our common human longing for transcendence, for that brief experience of the divine, the moment we are closest to ‘God’, magic, enlightenment, nirvana … or whatever one might call it. Perhaps it is the moment we are closest to (being) our true selves.

The peony in this print is at the peak of its glory, crossing the threshold from dark to light, from seed to stalk to bud to full, extravagant bloom. The shadows, and the darker states, are part of, and support and indeed exaggerate, this triumphant moment of blooming and breaking through.

The imagery is meant to provide the viewer with a sense of hope and inspiration, encouraging her on toward her moment, when a bud bursts into full bloom and her heart breaks … open. It is in this moment, so hard fought, and won, that she becomes the best, most beautiful expression of herself.