These pieces sit between two genres and borrow from both, floral art's colour and portraiture's presence. The device is an old one, Magritte hid faces behind apples, but today it's flowers, and no one works it like Frank Moth. Around that anchor sit floral & botanical art and surreal art.

One Piece Is Enough

The images are strong enough to hang alone and don't take competition from other figurative work on the same wall. See also fashion & portrait art.

Where do flower heads work best?

On a wall where the piece can hang on its own, which means a hallway, a home office or behind a dining table. The images are strong enough to carry a room but take no competition from other figurative work.

How high should they hang?

Like portraits, at eye level with the centre of the image around 145 cm. The composition rests on meeting the viewer even when the face has been replaced, and that contact needs the right height.

Do they work in a bedroom?

Opinions differ. The pieces are visually calm but mentally active, and an image that asks a question every time you see it isn't always what you want to meet right before sleep.

Which genres do these belong to?

Two at once, since they borrow floral art's colour and portraiture's presence. That's why they work both in a home with botanical subjects and in one with figurative art.

Why does the device work so well?

Because the brain recognises both the bouquet and the posture but can't reconcile them. That brief hesitation is the whole point, and it returns every time the image is seen again.