Five roses of passion, 2025

Natalya Mougenot   Best sellers

This contemporary vivid expressionist floral painting, “Five roses of passion ", was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot and belongs to her ongoing series of still life compositions with a focus on flowers. Among many blooms, roses hold a special place in her art: they embody for her beauty, love, resilience, and passion. Each rose is not simply a flower but a symbol — delicate yet strong, radiant yet vulnerable, always alive with emotion.

Floral compositions are for Natalya a space of absolute freedom, where she fully expresses her love for flowers through her unique artistic approach. Her style merges Expressionism's energy, Post-Impressionism's vibrancy, Fauvism's bold colorism, and the instinctive directness of Art Brut. This fusion allows her to remain true to her essential values: authenticity and honesty.

These roses transcend decorative still life to become symbols of resilience, passion, and vitality. 

Executed with bold, impasto brushstrokes and vibrant contrasts of crimson, emerald, and yellow, the painting radiates what the artist calls “a direct language of emotions through color." She explains: “I choose strong, bright colors because they speak the truth of my feelings — raw, unfiltered, alive."

For Mougenot, authenticity is at the heart of her practice. “People feel what is true and what is false — in art you cannot cheat. What matters is not perfection but the energy you put into the work." This deliberate distance from academic precision allows her painting to remain raw, real, and emotionally charged.

Her expressive freedom finds resonance with Damien Hirst, whose Cherry Blossoms and Hidden Gardens inspired her to see flowers as universal metaphors of both beauty and transience. What connects both artists is their use of color as emotion, gesture as energy, and flowers as vessels of life's force. Yet while Hirst frames his gardens within broader narratives of mortality, Mougenot emphasizes honesty and resilience, offering works that uplift and empower.

In “Five Roses of Passion", the roses rise like a living flame from the blue vase, luminous emblems of truth, vitality, and the irrepressible energy of beauty.

Natalya shares : "This piece is part of my ongoing floral series, where I explore not only beauty but also resilience and truth through color and movement."

Details: 
Acrylic painting on heavyweight, professional acid-free paper. 
Finish: Sealed with protective varnish.
Framing:  Unframed. 
Shipping: Carefully packaged; international delivery from France.