Seven Yellow Lilies

In Seven Yellow Lilies, Alvi Siren presents a flourishing bouquet in a transparent glass vase upon a round terracotta-coloured table. The flowers spread widely across the upper half of the canvas, creating an expansive counterpoint to the vase’s narrow vertical form.

Seven open lilies turn in different directions, giving each bloom an individual presence within the arrangement. Their petals shift through pale yellow, cream, soft ochre, and touches of green, while burgundy stamens provide concentrated accents at the centre of the flowers. Two unopened buds extend towards the outer edges, suggesting further growth beyond the moment depicted.

Dark emerald leaves and branching stems move between the lilies in a lively network of curves and diagonals. The foliage gathers densely above the vase before opening into the wider floral arrangement, connecting the individual blooms and providing a strong tonal contrast to their paler petals.

The transparent vase reveals stems crossing through water and fractured reflections in green, violet, rose, amber, and near-black. Below, the circular table anchors the bouquet with broad passages of terracotta, coral, and red-orange, its rounded edge echoing the curves of the glass vessel.

The softly worked background shifts between pale blue, turquoise, white, and muted yellow, surrounding the lilies with an airy field of colour. Through expressive contours, an abundant floral rhythm, and contrasts of warm and cool tones, Seven Yellow Lilies captures the bouquet at a moment of fullness and unfolding vitality.