Perfume with Geranium, Still Life by Linda McCoy

I'm not a collector of perfume bottles, but I love their shapes and colors. My last visit to a department store perfume counter was a week or so ago, and I was amazed at the beautiful bottles. Seems like the manufactures are trying to out do each other with the bottle designs.
Both of these bottles are hand blown glass. Fun and colorful painting.
6"X6" Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas. $100.00 tcoy1@msn.com

Perfume and Peony, Still Life Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

Mischievous nymphs were said to hide in the petals of the Peony thus causing this magnificent flower to be given the meaning of Shame or Bashfulness in the Language of Flowers. It was named after Pæon, a physician to the gods, who obtained the plant on Mount Olympus from the mother of Apollo. Once planted the Peony likes to be left alone and punishes those who try to move it by not flowering again for several years. Once established, however, it produces splendid blooms each year for decades. (Taken from The Language of Flowers, edited by Sheila Pickles, 1990)

The large perfume bottle is old, I don't know what green liquid occupies the bottle. The small bottle is a Czech cut glass perfume bottle, a tiny charm hangs from the collar.

The peony provides the base for many perfumes. Thierry Mugler has a fragrance named "Angel Peony." I might have to try it.

6"X6" Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas. $125.00 tcoy1@msn.com

Pear Blossoms and Perfume, Still Life Oil Painting by Linda McCoy

9"X12" Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas. $150.00 tcoy1@msn.com  Sold