Floral Gallery
I always thought painting nature and landscapes were my only subjects of choice.
A couple of years ago I wanted to paint something special for two great women in my life; my mother Rose, and my mother-in-law Hilde (deceased). I painted pink roses for my mother inspired by her name, and hydrangeas for Hilde, her favourite flowers. Painting these flowers provided for me and inner calm, a personal and emotional connection. That is when my appreciation for painting flowers began to take root.
My preferred flowers are roses, hydrangeas and poppies. Their natural beauty inspires me to paint them.
I love their endless and abundance of vivid hues, multiple degrees of intensity and how their delicate forms, soft textures and complexities of their petals appear on my canvases. I enjoy painting them in a realistic style using photographs which I select when they speak to me. I work in oil by building layers of paint using soft brushworks to capture that depth and sharpness of colours. I then finish with a glaze to achieve a glow while bringing each flower to life on its canvas.
The earth laughs in flowers
Inner beauty
- 24" x 24"
- Oil
The rose, beautifully unrestrained
- 30" x 24"
- Oil
Poppy, prince of fields
- 36" x 24"
- Oil
Beautiful resilience
- 18" x 24"
- Oil