Flowers are a recurring theme within my work along with still life, beach scenes and Cornwall gardens. I’ve been creating a small range of new florals, some of which will be shown at Nadia Waterfield Fine Art from 11th October and a few others will be off to Birdie Fortescue in November, a new venue for my work.
‘Autumn Narcissi’ below, was quite a pain to get right with the colours and composition. Originally I painted more flowers but it wasn’t working so I painted over them. The background was a mid pink but was jarring with the jug, I think the pale blue works much better.
Sometimes a painting works instantly and other times it needs constant work and amendments to make it work and then it’s still not right.
I’m happy with the ones pictured and they fit into my ethos of simplicity, harmony and the use of colour to evoke positive emotions.
