I was making, Seeing Nature; a collection inspired by the simple joy of experiencing spring bloom whilst reading Spring Cannot be Cancelled, Martin Gayford in conversation with David Hockney. I felt particularly moved when Hockney spoke about colour “...I said ‘What colour is the road?’ He said, ‘I see what you mean. When you really look at it, it’s a violet grey or a pink grey.’ I said ‘Yes, it is, but you really have to look.’ Most people don’t, so they just see grey tarmac in front of them with green stuff at the side, but not that many different greens’” (2022, p.166) this influenced a change in how I saw nature around me and it had a huge impact on my use of colour in the works. It felt it was particularly important to use colours that gave the feeling of spring. Showing new life and a new chapter both for the world and my work. This work is exhibited in a solo exhibition in liverpool
Feeling Lucky?
I thought it was lemons
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
Hanging Basket and Fiery Daffs
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
Meadow and Swamp
Up the fence
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
Peace lillies in front gardens
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
Mother and child
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
The kind of pink in a bougainvillea
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
A gift of new leaves
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
She grows from the roots
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
What rhymes with purple
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
A gift of new leaves and She grows up the roots
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
Cut flowers and The kind of pink in a bougainvillea
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
A pear and Mother and child
Oil Pastel, Chalk, Ink
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