Description
Bouquet IV – an airier bouquet in warm pottery
Painting on canvas opens the bouquet out until the ground shows between the heads and every flower gets its own space: abstract painting in everything but the subject, because what the eye actually reads is the interval between raised shapes. The vase is wide and round in a warm gold-brown, with a strongly worked surface.
Technique and texture
Thick knife-laid deposits cover the whole surface, densest at the flowers, where the paint stands several millimetres above the canvas. The vase is built from broad curved sweeps of gold and brown that follow the belly of a pot. White dots are flicked across the ground and form a net that lightens the whole upper part.
The motif
The petals are cream rather than pure white, and the centres are green-brown. Closed buds are plentiful and sit around the outer edge of the bouquet, where the stems reach furthest. Because the heads no longer touch, the silhouette is ragged and the ground becomes part of the drawing.
Setting and placement
The warm vase and the cool ground average out to something neutral, which is why this one sits happily on white or sand-coloured walls. Put it where you want quality without a statement — a bedroom, a hallway, a living room.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, thick relief deposits, flicked white dots
- Palette: cream white, green-brown, gold-brown, silver-grey
- Ideal for: bedrooms, hallways, living rooms
- Character: calm, airy, warm
Choose the size that suits your wall.
