Description
‘This Summer I Fell in Love with the Sycamore Seeds’
Original mixed media painting on canvas.
100cm x 100cm unframed.
Created using a combination of acrylic paint, oil paint, texture mediums, and pastel.
This year my artwork has become heavily led by the seasonal changes around me. As my inspiration has become more and more attuned to my direct experience of nature, I’ve felt myself grow more and more emotionally connected to the painting process. I believe the outcome is my most authentic, organic and energetic work yet. Each time I step out into nature, I take great care to notice the colours, the textures, the smells and the energy of the places I visit throughout the year. Absorbing all of this incredible beauty everyday grounds me and gives me hope and perspective even when life has felt difficult and disordered. So these paintings don’t only communicate my experience of nature throughout the seasons, but also my personal experience and undulating emotions during that time period.
‘This Summer I Fell in Love with the Sycamore Seeds’ was painted around July-August 2024. As the title suggests quite clearly, it was very heavily inspired by all the sycamore seeds growing and dropping everywhere. For some reason I only really noticed how incredible and vibrant their colours are in the summer this year and how many of them they are, often in big clusters or long chains. Suddenly they were everywhere and they filled me with joy and hope of better things to come. Metaphorically speaking, seeds seem a perfect representation of hope; a seed waiting to be dropped and embedded in the earth, ready to soon flourish and grow. A beautiful symbol of opportunity and potential for the future. The colours of this painting communicate the energy of the season well too, fiery and vibrant, energetic and fresh. Life was up and down, good and bad however a fire in my belly remained that could not be put out.
If you would like to add framing to this piece please be aware there will be an additional lead time of most likely around 30 days before dispatch. The painting will be tray framed in a slim, limed ash profile unless otherwise arranged. Please feel free to get in touch to discuss framing further.
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