Nightshade
Nightshade
$400.00
8 x 10 watercolor painting done on Arches paper, professionally mounted on a cradled wood panel — original artwork is waxed to seal and comes in a floating frame.
Part of the Tea Time series, this piece features a steaming cup of tea and a few blooms of deadly nightshade.
Deadly nightshade, or belladonna, is a poisonous perennial herb in the nightshade family. The poisonous compounds in deadly nightshade—atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine—block the nervous system chemical acetylcholine. Poisoning can cause, light sensitivity, blurred vision, fast heartbeat, dizziness and unsteady walking, headache, slurred speech, confusion, hallucinations, delirium, and seizures etc.