still life, 02/2015, 11x15, transparent watercolour on 90lb t.h. saunders hp watercolour paper.

this image can be enjoyed both for its formal abstract quality as well as the natural character of the subject.

i played with these bits of plant material enjoying the way the leaves and flowering bits accented and broke the space. and when they began to disintegrate, that too added interest to the arrangement.

i used old tiles to articulate a shallow space and gave the narrow smoke textured vase a gentle curve, to push the delicately coloured leaves to erupt violently from the inky darkness.