Iris - Daria Antonenko

Name:
Daria Antonenko

Country:
Russia

Web:
https://behance.net/antonenko-d

Social networks:
instagram.com/antonenko.daria

Title:
Iris

Specie:
Bearded Iris

Description:
Iris is the one of the most common plants in my native country Ukraine. In Ukraine iris is called the Сockerel (Petushok). In ancient times the Slavs used a flower to decorate household items. Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris. I tried to depict the plant in all its glory and make a focus on the reproductive organs. I chose for the image a general view of the flower, the fruit and the gynoecium.
This is how I remember the iris in my childhood in my garden.

Category:
Nature illustration

Technique:
Watercolor

Year:
2017