CREATIVITY WITH FLOWERS IN WINTER
CREATIVITY WITH FLOWERS IN WINTER
The year’s begun with snow days creating real stop time at home and in the studio. Daylight time is stretching slowly, I’ve been painting in the workshop - it’s around 5 degrees - with the huge luxury of a cosy fire. I’m waiting for snowdrops and looking through photos of recent years’ spring bulbs. I planted them in the green at home last winter and, this year, have Paperwhites that look wonderful against any colour backdrop.
Commissioned work is here with a large canvas requested with a lesser botanical theme but instead one inspired by the weather, layered in thundery greys, petrol blues and minute flashes of orange. The brief is to look deeply into it and imagine the weather inside on the wall. It’s in its final stage and will be ready for photographing soon. The process to commission artwork is simple - take a look here.
Candle and light from the fire lifts the spirits at dusk and paves way for gorgeous images of single stems depicting a small moment of the year to look back on. With spring bulbs on their way I’ll be painting sample backdrop shades that will compliment the electric blue of muscari and the pastel tones of this year’s tulips. Continuing to create samples will steadily build my catalogue from which clients can gain an insight into the hues and finish that are an inherent part of each piece.
I work from words and descriptions, images and samples to create each backdrop. As each piece is layered I come back to the piece over several days, in different lights depending on the weather at varying times throughout the day and add colour where needed. When it’s on the wall and photographed it takes on another guise, and again with flowers. A unique piece that changes each day.
The new website is launching on the 26th January and I’m now very excited to be able to share my new work with you. Updates will be on instagram stories.
Always inspired
Sarah
