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Still Life

Acrylic on Canvas, Oil Pastel, Watercolour

My still lifes are a homage to joyful little everyday moments and glimpses into my private life. They represent my love of the changing seasons, literature, vessels, ceramics, and botanicals. Inspiration for a new painting often starts with harvesting seasonal blooms from my garden or pillaging flowers from the roadside. They are also a slight rebellion against the highly detailed scientific realism from my training in botanical illustration, where I gently veer away from perfectionism and exact detail and experiment with colour, shadow, composition and the beauty of imperfection.