One of my all time favourite flowers to paint. A magnolia in full bloom is a magnificent flower. Their petals are not fragile or papery; but instead hold a luxurious, weight to the touch, curving inward. Their colour isn’t a stark, clinical white, but a warm, decadent hue—the shade of fresh heavy cream, whipped milk,…
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Creamy prehistoric magnificence
Some fascinating magnolia history and factoids: The essence of a magnolia flower combines the prehistoric strength of one of the earth’s oldest surviving plants with an ethereal, creamy, and citrus-spiced sweetness. Magnolias predate bees. To survive the stomping and chewing of their original pollinators (beetles), they evolved thick, waxy, modified leaves called “tepals”. This gives…
Magnolias and chinoiserie
Magnolias, ginger jars, ikebana, cherry blossoms they all just go together, and I have taken to painting branches of magnolia blooms and I have taken to combining all of these elements in my subject matter. I find jugs and jars I love the shape of and turn them into a Chinese vessel with a little…
Miniatures
A collection of miniatures between painting larger works Ginger jars Magnolias
Magnolias, ikebana and vessels
Flowers have had a huge influence in my life, I’m sure its why, (besides the fact that I love all things flower) they are such a dominant theme in my artwork. My father was a horticulturist, my mother a florist, and as a result we always had flowers in our home and a beautiful garden…
