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Canvas to couture · Collection 02

Midnight Sunflower Blooms

One painting, four looks. Midnight Sunflower began as a flower on black — loud petals, gold light, green leaves going everywhere — painted by hand, every petal. Then I reimagined it as concept fashion: the same bloom carried across a flowing kaftan, a slip dress, and a bikini and sarong moment. This is canvas to couture: the painting doesn't hang still, it gets worn — envisioned as wearable art.

Midnight Sunflower — a large orange and gold flower with green leaves on a black background, painted by Kellyann Nolan

The painting — Midnight Sunflower

Flower on black, painted by hand. Everything in this collection starts here.

Midnight Sunflower Blooms, Look 1 — a flowing sheer black kaftan carrying the sunflower painting, worn beside the framed painting

Look 1 — The Kaftan

Beside the painting that started it — the bloom at full height on sheer black.

Midnight Sunflower Blooms, Look 2 — the sheer black sunflower kaftan worn on a runway

Look 2 — The Kaftan, Out in the World

The same kaftan, out in the world — the flower worn head to toe.

Midnight Sunflower Blooms, Look 3 — a sunflower-print slip dress worn sitting on stone steps

Look 3 — The Slip Dress

A slip dress moment — the sunflower smaller, sharper, sitting pretty.

Midnight Sunflower Blooms, Look 4 — a sunflower bikini top and matching sarong worn sitting on stone steps

Look 4 — The Bikini and Sarong

Sunshine, two ways — a bikini top and a sarong carrying the whole garden.

The source painting, Midnight Sunflower, is one of my originals — a flower on black, painted by hand. These concept looks show my idea of the painting carried onto fabric — envisioned as wearable art, not sewn garments. More collections are coming.