Still Life with Flowers
Floris Verster spent his career returning to the same quiet subject — flowers, fruit, a single vessel — and by 1910 he'd distilled it to this: zinnias crowded into a green jar, painted with a thick, almost sculptural confidence. The petals catch light unevenly, dense with color in some places and nearly bare canvas in others, which gives our cut algorithm a natural rhythm to follow. Expect small, curling, whimsy-rich pieces through the densest blooms, and calmer, more open pieces where the background falls away into shadow. The trickiest fits hide in the jar's reflection. It's a satisfying mid-difficulty solve — enough color variation to keep you oriented, enough texture in the paint itself to slow you down in the best way. A classic still life, reborn as 1/4-inch wood.
Floris Verster, Still Life with Zinnias in a Green Jar, 1910. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Difficulty: Moderate
Artwork: Floris Verster, Still Life with Zinnias in a Green Jar, 1910. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. CC0.