I am strongly influenced by the Environment around me. Whilst my subject matter is flowers I do not consider myself a flower painter as my work is about “life” the flowers are the “Mode of transport”. The inspiration for my Collage and Painting come from the Colours, Textures and Pattern I find in the Landscape around me, particularly in Flora. Through my awareness of my surroundings I explore life and regeneration through the changing colours and forms of the annual cycle of growth and it's mortality. In the minutiae of Flower head, leaf, petal and seed head...more
