Poppy Field by Enzie Shahmir. Click for source & bigger.

Enzie Shahmiri [website, Flickr] creates paintings which have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibits in California and are in private collections in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. Her art ranges from traditional oil portraits to Orientalist style figurative pieces using a Classical Old Master’s technique. Her work has been published on numerous occasions and has been featured in books.

One of her works is the portrait of a girl in a poppy field shown above. The original oil painting measures 40″ x 30″ (102 x 76cm). It is based on Bouguereau’s 1885 painting Meditation. In Enzie’s own words:

“I painted this girl in a field, as if she is just taking a little rest on her way home. This field could be just about anywhere, but I remembered the fields arounf the Caspian sea in Iran and decided to introduce a lot of Iranian elements, such as the shoes I own, the prayer rolls, jewelery and scarf.”

Below you can view the original Bouguereau painting. Click to visit the gallery where you will find several other remastered versions of the original artwork.