Blooms

Oil on canvas - 60cm x 50cm

A friend came to dinner at our home sometime ago and brought flowers with her. The next morning I was slightly hungover but couldn't fail to notice how much the flowers lifted my spirits - they were simply beautiful. I took time to really look at the colour, the subtle tone of the petals and decided then and there to paint them. This brought around a change of direction for my style, I wanted to see every brush stroke on the canvas, every rich globule of paint. I got so excited about this new direction, that over the next few months I painted many more botanical painting. These painting will be exhibited later this year.