Medium: Oil paint on stretched canvas
Size: 1100 x 1100mm
Year: 2020
For this artwork, I chose small fynbos flowers as focal points. The Gladiolus Carneus flowers are also named: Painted lady, after the small, bright red, heart shaped markings on the lower petals. It is always a treat to find these beauties on the mountain paths! The curry coloured fynbos is Helichrysum Italicum.
My 2020 paintings stand in stark contrast to the tense year that we find ourselves in – with many challenges and restrictions. In these paintings, I celebrate Spring in Cape Town and included some of my favourite fynbos plants: Watsonias; Helichrysums; Gnidias; Pincushions; Leucadendrons and Brunias.
I chose themes for my artworks such as ‘Overflow’ and ‘Abundance’ to bring pleasure, colour, hope and freedom into our lives.
I used fynbos plants as my inspiration but deviated from the original colours and shapes early in my creative process, as I wanted to portray freedom in my mark making with vibrant colours and strong contrasts.
My aim was to show the abundance of nature after such good rains in this year (2020). I want the ‘Abundance’ of the subject matter to ‘Overflow’ off the canvas – just as provision and blessings overflow in my life. May this work bring hope and light wherever it is seen.
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