Peonies from South America

My good friend Tricia called and informed me that she picked up 5 bunches of peonies at Whole Foods.  I wait each May and December for them to bloom!  Once in our hemisphere and then again in December from South America.   Whole Foods is the only place I know that sells peonies off season other than a florist.  They are usually very expensive, but reasonable at WF.  Anyway, I painted two paintings to be companions.  They look terrible in the photographs, which means I may need to completely rework them.  Here's one of the paintings--way too hot.