Sunflowers for Ukraine.

                                                                   
                                      (Copyright. Celia Turner) 


I painted these sunflowers a few years ago onto a special edition of The Times.

The painting seems horribly poignant now.

The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine.

The beautiful sunflower takes her name from Clytie, a water nymph who turns into a sunflower after grieving the loss of her beloved Apollo. The mythological symbolism is that Clytie (in her form as a sunflower) is always facing the sun looking for Apollo's chariot to return that they might rekindle their love.

The sunflower grows tall and moves to face the life -giving rays of the sun and is often used as the symbol of spiritual faith and worship.





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