Garden Party

Garden Party

10.5" x 14" - acrylic, collage, pastel on paper - $75

I have recently been thinking about painting flowers, something I used to paint quite a lot in the past.  I decided to start with a wildly abstracted version of a flower garden, inspired by the bounty of colourful flowers that have bloomed all summer long. 

I love the colours of fall in Ontario, but it's sad to see the end of the summer colour. So why not have a Garden Party 

on your walls all year long?!

Flower Garden 'Colour Pop'

Colour Pop

24" x 24" - acrylic on canvas - $350

After painting numerous landscapes this winter I needed a 'subject' break. I went through my photos of flowers and found one that suggested interesting possibilities for abstraction. It was essentially a garden of multi-coloured flowers. I knew that I did not want to paint the individual blossoms, stems and leaves so tried to suggest something more ethereal with a high key colour palette, circular shapes and a variety of edges, which together produced a good sense of visual rhythm over the canvas surface. I did draw into the paint once it was dry, with a yellow 'inktense' crayon, but the lines are subtle. I enjoyed the break, and will explore and experiment with these ideas again, but not right now! Have a wonderful weekend.