Fields of Poppies
Discover the poppy, its connection with remembrance and the symbolism behind the artwork.
Explore Naomi Crowther’s original painting, its distinctive palette-knife technique and the story behind the work.
Discover significant retained editions and collectables where verified.
See how Fields of Poppies moved from an original painting into fashion, accessories, homewares, prints and collectables.
The Poppy, Beauty and Remembrance.
A field of red poppies stretches across the canvas, rising from a layered landscape built with colour, texture and movement.
The red poppy became one of the most recognised symbols of remembrance after the First World War.
Its connection with the battlefields of the Western Front, and with John McCrae’s 1915 poem In Flanders Fields, transformed a fragile wildflower into an enduring emblem of service and sacrifice. Fields of Poppies approaches that symbolism through a contemporary landscape rather than a literal wartime scene. The viewer is presented with a field that is bright, expressive and inviting, yet the subject inevitably asks us to reflect on the past. The poppies provide the connection: beauty in the present carrying memory forward.
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Rather than illustrating a particular battle or event, the painting leaves room for personal interpretation. Its field of poppies can represent remembrance collectively, or the individual memories of family members and loved ones whose stories continue across generations.
The original painting became the creative foundation for an extensive Poppy Mpressions collection — from numbered fine-art editions and collectables to fashion, jewellery, drinkware, stationery and homewares.
Fields of Poppies
Naomi Crowther’s treatment of the poppy is deliberately stylised and tactile.
Layers within the background create depth across the landscape, while thick impasto paint applied with a palette knife raises the poppies from the painted surface. The technique gives the flowers a physical presence and creates changing highlights and shadows as the work is viewed from different angles.
The result is not intended to be a botanical study. It is an expressive interpretation of a poppy field — recognisable immediately, but given its own visual language through colour, layering and texture. That strong visual identity proved particularly adaptable beyond the original canvas. The artwork’s pattern, colour and repeated poppy forms could be translated across prints, aluminium, jewellery, fashion, accessories, stationery, drinkware and homewares without losing the connection to Naomi’s original composition.
Naomi Crowther
Australian artist Naomi Crowther created Fields of Poppies with a distinctive combination of stylised form, layered colour and heavy texture.
Her use of thick impasto and palette-knife work gives the painting much of its character, lifting individual poppies from the surface and creating a sense of depth through the field. The painting subsequently became the foundation of the Fields of Poppies range within Poppy Mpressions, demonstrating how a single original artwork could develop into a much broader design collection.
Fields of Poppies. Original Painting by Naomi Crowther
The unique original painting from which the Fields of Poppies collection was created. There is only one original Fields of Poppies. Beyond Naomi Crowther’s palette-knife texture and impasto surface — qualities that cannot be fully reproduced in a print — the painting is the source artwork behind the limited editions, medallions and extensive lifestyle collection that followed.
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Fields of Poppies was developed into a series of numbered artworks and collectables, allowing the composition to be presented in traditional fine-art paper, canvas and contemporary aluminium formats.
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Fields of Poppies Limited Edition Fine Art Print
Printed on Hahnemühle German Etching paper, this fine-art edition gives Fields of Poppies a traditional textured presentation. Three sizes were created, with the largest 1200 × 600 mm artwork restricted to an edition of just 25.
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Fields of Poppies Limited Edition Canvas Artwork
A premium Hahnemühle Daguerre canvas reproduction particularly suited to the layered character of Naomi Crowther’s original artwork. Three sizes were created, with the largest 1200 × 600 mm artwork restricted to an edition of just 25.
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The medallion translates elements of Naomi’s distinctive poppy field into a numbered collectable, extending the artwork beyond the original canvas.
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Click to enlargePoppy Mpressions Limited Edition Medallion Set of 3
Bringing the three Poppy Mpressions artworks together, the medallion set connects the individual paintings as one collection and provides a lasting representation of the art series they inspired.
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Few artworks in the Poppy Mpressions series demonstrate the transition from painting to lifestyle collection as clearly as Fields of Poppies.
The design appeared across an extensive range that included umbrellas, scarves, shopping bags, jewellery, badges, pens, notebooks, mugs, reusable drinkware, headwear, phone cases, table linen, placemats, coasters, oven mitts, aprons and other accessories. Some of these products are now sold out, while others remain part of the collection.
This breadth is important to the story of the original painting. Fields of Poppies was not simply reproduced; Naomi Crowther’s artwork became a recognisable design language that moved into everyday life. Thousands of Poppy Mpressions products across the broader series were sold, giving the original artwork a commercial and cultural life far beyond the canvas.
History, artwork and collecting
Why is the poppy associated with remembrance?
The red poppy became strongly associated with remembrance after the First World War. Poppies grew in disturbed ground on parts of the Western Front, while John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields helped establish the flower as an enduring symbol of those who served and died.
Who painted Fields of Poppies?
Fields of Poppies was painted by Australian artist Naomi Crowther.
What is distinctive about the original painting?
Naomi used layered backgrounds and thick impasto paint applied with a palette knife. This raises the poppies from the surface and gives the original painting physical texture and depth.
Does Fields of Poppies depict a specific battlefield?
No. It is a stylised and symbolic poppy landscape rather than a literal depiction of a particular battle or location.
Were limited-edition versions produced?
Yes. Fields of Poppies was produced in numbered Hahnemühle German Etching paper, Hahnemühle Daguerre canvas and aluminium editions. The largest 1200 × 600 mm paper and canvas formats are limited to 25.
Were other limited-edition collectables produced?
Yes. These included a Fields of Poppies medallion and a limited-edition MagnaBadge™ stamp cover of 2,000, as well as the framed Poppy Mpressions three-medallion set.
How widely was the artwork used?
Fields of Poppies developed into a substantial lifestyle collection spanning fashion, jewellery, accessories, stationery, drinkware, homewares and collectables.
Is the original Fields of Poppies painting available?
Yes. The original painting by Naomi Crowther is being offered through the BrandNet Archives for $3,900.
Why is the original different from the limited editions?
The original contains Naomi’s actual painted surface, including the impasto and palette-knife texture. It is also the unique source artwork from which the subsequent Fields of Poppies editions and product collection developed.
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Preserving the Story Behind the Collection
For more than two decades, BrandNet has commissioned and developed artworks, limited editions and collectables connected with Australian and New Zealand history, service and remembrance.
Some remained individual works. Others, like Fields of Poppies, became the creative foundation for much broader collections. The BrandNet Archives brings these original artworks and surviving limited editions together with the stories behind their creation — preserving not only the objects, but the creative history of how an original painting became a collection.
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