Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Previously in my presentation I talked about doing a diary documenting the day to day deterioration of the flower, how I felt about the flower dying, experiences of the day spent with the dying flower. I figured it could get a little corny and lacking content unique to the sunflower if it comes too much of my own personal thoughts. Moreover, this is about the sunflower and not me and the sunflower. So this week, I'm intending to go more into what of the sunflower that I want the world to remember.

I think there's an interesting contrast between the "fact" that the sunflower is dying and the positive connotations of the sunflower. The sunflower is a cheerful flower, it grows towards the sun, it grows straight up, it symbolises admiration, devotion, and loyalty. So what of the contrast can I take to visualise this conflicting contrast?

A good researched example would be Van Gogh's series of sunflowers. Painted yellow on yellow, it is a painting that vibrantly expressed the life of the sunflowers. There are those of in bloom, and some withering all in this one vase. I thought it was interesting how the flowers look lively and realistic with different embodiments of life stages using just mainly yellow.