Thursday 14 May 2009

Petals

For IMT this week we have been given the theme "Petals".


Burial

It is pure coincidence that I took photographs - not dissimilar to the one above - two days ago. I found that after the heavy, late-Autumn rains of the weekend, on Tuesday many of the developing flowers in our yard were virtually dead. I picked this one of the ground and decided to give it a "sea burial" in our pool.

Dead Bird of Paradise flower - willow & compressed charcoal, white pastel, graphite on paper

It is also with this theme that I have reflected on the subject, and just how petals - and, naturally, flowers - are used in my art. Flowers are great symbolically. They represent everything about women: how strong we are, how delicate we can be, how charming we are, how memorable we are.

The charcoal drawing above was done at the ArtCastle workshop I attended in April. It is of a decaying Bird of Paradise flower: a flower that has such unique petal structure - something which is even more fabulous when it's a bit on the dead side.

For more flower-inspired art, check out my deviantArt account.

3 comments:

  1. Sarah, (that's my daughter's name,too), I look forward to your postings. Your art work is so beautiful but the words you add to explain your choices are such delights. Don't forget the delicious scent of so many of these beauties, as well!

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  2. That is a beautiful photo and fits the petal theme beautifully.

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