Carnation nation, 2020.

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$100 with free U.S. shipping

Size: 12 inches by 9 inches

Medium: Colored pencil and oil pastel on card stock.

Description:

• In China, the carnation flower is the most frequently used flower in weddings.

• Carnation is the birth flower for those born in the month of January

• Since Ottoman times, red carnations and tulips are used in the interior wall paintings of mosques in Turkey. It is often said that while tulips represent God, carnations is the symbol for Muhammad. However these flower designs are not unique to mosques but also used in many other Ottoman traditional art forms.

  via Wikipedia