A Box of Spring

I found these beautiful red blossoms at the florist's and rushed them home to paint their portrait.  They had an interesting name and I saved the little description of them but, alas, it has been filed away beyond my reach.  However, the title, "A Box of Spring," reflects their confinement in a brown cardboard box, where they were for the duration of the painting.  I shone a spotlight on them and tried to show how wonderfully the cool of the light and the warm shadows of the box played with each other.  They are in a little fishbowl that used to have Siamese Fighting Fish in it, but now it holds these symbols of peace.