Our Newsletter: Issue #31

Hello, and welcome to another issue of Our Newsletter
where I share with you more new work.

In this issue I am happy to show one of my favourite recent paintings:
'What nature gives, grab.'

You can read a little bit more in depth about it directly under the image.

In digital drawing news,
I share with you two versions of my own take on Gustav Klimt's 'The Kiss'.
(See below, after the Painting section).

I had actually made these for an online exhibition where artists were invited to recreate the famous painting.

Unfortunately though, while I was told the exhibition took place, I never received any info on it or any record of it's existence so that's that. 🤷🏻‍♀️

In any case, making these was a nice way to interact with a painting I've been taught about many times as a child.

In even more exciting news,
I am working on two print releases!
But more on this next time...

Painting

What nature gives, grab. 2021
Oil on canvas-board
30 x 30 cm
(Available)

What nature gives, grab. is another painting that combines different methods of approach.

The roses were painted en plein air (from life, outside), while the hand from my own reference images in the studio.

Where the roses are delicate, romantic and small, the hand is overbearing and dark.

The background is painted using permanent sap green, a non toxic pigment with its origins rooted in medieval art.

Its dark pigmentation, reminiscent of a forest green, is symbolic of the earth and its freshness; it is also a symbol of balance and stability.

Yet, the components of this piece suggest something different…

Last time in the same series we saw...