Original oil painting:  Available for sale

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These sunflowers were bought for me by a friend after my dog passed away. I had them in the studio at the end of last summer as fresh, vibrant, yellow blooms. As the summer faded into autumn and then into winter they slowly dried, fading from blooms into dry stems. For me they encapsuated the inevitable movement of one season into another, of one chapter ending as a new one begins. As a result the painting reminds me to live now, enjoy where I am and what I am doing, and to always remember the precious moments along the way.

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I have retained some of the seeds from these sunflowers which I will be planting in the spring. I plan to repeat the drying process again at the end of this summer and then painting those ones in the new year. 

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The painting uses my signature materials of highy textured white oil paint and cement powder onto canvas. My process for these paintings is to paint an area in textured white oil paint, followed immediately by the delicate application of cement powder then allowing that area to dry for a few days before moving onto the next area. It's a labour intensive and time-consuming process that delivers unpredictable but unique results.

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I hand-build all of my stretcher frames from scratch before stretching and priming the canvas ready for painting.  

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Signed on the front in white oil paint and on verso in pencil.

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This painting comes framed and includes a hand signed original Certificate of authenticity.

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