'Postcards' of Singapore

'Postcards' and vignettes of Singapore.....transitions, nostalgia, beauty in the ordinary .....

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Butterfly or blue pea flower (Bunga telang)

Biru Bunga Telang
Oil on stretched canvases
72 x 92 cm / 28 x 36 inches
Triptych
Currently Unavailable.


Native to tropical equatorial Asia, this climber has an interesting botanical name: Clitoria ternatea. The flowers, shorter than a thumb, were commonly used  to colour food such as glutinous rice deserts. My grandmother did this often, sending us to pluck the flowers from neighbouring fences.

Triptych with deep profile.

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