Sunflower II was inspired by a recent exploration of a Matisse book.
I stumbled across the book (pictured above) when visiting my mentors studio. There was a particular sketch - so simple - just a line drawing of flowers which I just became totally obsessed with.
I spent the rest of the day creating my own responses to this piece - using flowers from the garden and photographs I have taken as references. This was one of my responses.
This particular piece was inspired by a photograph of my friend Dil in Bristol holding a sunflower. Dil loves the sun & as a result also sunflowers. These photographs holds a lot of joy & I wanted to translate that into the piece.
I wanted to see if I could equally capture this effortless quality of line to bring flowers to life. Working in black and white allowed me to focus on form and line rather than colour.
Sunflower II was inspired by a recent exploration of a Matisse book.
I stumbled across the book (pictured above) when visiting my mentors studio. There was a particular sketch - so simple - just a line drawing of flowers which I just became totally obsessed with.
I spent the rest of the day creating my own responses to this piece - using flowers from the garden and photographs I have taken as references. This was one of my responses.
This particular piece was inspired by a photograph of my friend Dil in Bristol holding a sunflower. Dil loves the sun & as a result also sunflowers. These photographs holds a lot of joy & I wanted to translate that into the piece.
I wanted to see if I could equally capture this effortless quality of line to bring flowers to life. Working in black and white allowed me to focus on form and line rather than colour.
