Shadows ...

I have noticed shadows creeping into a lot of my recent images...here are a few of them!

Hidden Flowers - New Series

Handmade Cards
I am currently working on a new series of handmade cards. "Hidden Flowers" explodes details and patterns found on petals, leaves and stems beyond the flower itself creating an intricate and striking pattern, using purely black and white for added emphasis. Here are some examples....

Work In Progress - Multilayered Floral Patterning

I have reached a new stage in the development of work for my Floral Series and have begun to build up images using layers of different art materials, allowing the materials chosen to interact directly with the patterns created on the canvas, providing an organic painting influenced as much by the combination of materials as by the subject. I have just completed the base ink layer of two new pieces of work and will upload progress images as the drawings develop.

Viened Tulip

Posca
Experimental pattern based response to a dead tulip

Spray

Graphite, fineliner, charcoal, terracotta pencil and water
Experimental composition created from observational drawings of flowers in my garden

Overgrown

Posca
Experimental pattern based response to a dead tulip.

Inner Tulip

Posca
Experimental pattern based response to a dead tulip.

Curled Tulip

Posca
Experimental pattern based response to a dead tulip.

 

Tulip Colours

Fineliners and water

Inspired by a dead tulip which, whilst drooping provided some interesting shapes. I used this Tulip as a starting point for a short series of Dead Tulip images.  

Flower Monster

Fine Liner

Produced as part of my floral series where I am exploring the sole use of black and white, to emphasise striking patterns, shapes and forms that exist within, around and amongst plants and flowers. 

Petal Rings

Fine Liner
Produced as part of my floral series, developed through observational drawing of flowers in my garden.

Flower Rabbit

Fine Liner
Produced as part of my floral series, developed through observational drawing of flowers in my garden. 

Floral Wriggle

Fine Liner
Produced as part of my floral series, developed through observational drawing of flowers in my garden. 

Black Tulip

Fine Liner

Produced as part of my floral series where I am exploring the sole use of black and white, to emphasise striking patterns, shapes and forms that exist within, around and amongst plants and flowers.