Blue Blossoms is certainly an impressive impression of what has become symbolic of Romanticism in a modern world - Blue Flowers. Our modern sense of the word Romanticism best expressed in the idealism of Byron.  A talented - nay gifted - loner, who followed his own inspirations; not those laid down by contemporary society. Therefore, was all too often misunderstood. 

Romanticism symbolises the infinite and metaphysical attempts that we make to touch the untouchable - that is love and desire.  Carnations symbolize the bonds of affection, love, health and vital energy.  Through the blue carnation we witness the bond between the metaphysical concept and the physical.  Carnations cannot produce the delphinidin pigment necessary to become Blue Blossoms. Hence, this modern art composition borders the surreal.  

Romanticism has a complex artistic and intellectual history, which stems from eighteenth century Western Europe: Around the time of the great industrial revolution.  Romanticism beheld the “Age of Enlightenment” - a revolt against industrialisation, rationalisation and science in favor of idealism romance and the arts. 

The brushwork adopted by the artist for those deep Blue Blossoms is tactile, sensitive.  Each seeming to look toward the next, yet unquestionably existing separately. Not only separated from each other, but also outside that somewhat ethereal looking lilac and white world they live in.  An incredibly thought provoking as well as aesthetically pleasing work of art.