Bohemian Bouquet and The Chinese Vase (SOLD)
By Wendi Weller
Original artworks
Acrylic on canvas
Framed
Sizes:
Bohemian Bouquet -
Image: H: 100cm x W: 100cm
Framed: H: 104cm x W: 104cm
£1225
The Chinese Vase - SOLD
Image: H: 120cm x W: 100cm
Framed: H: 124cm x W: 104cm
£1295
Wendi has excelled herself in combining rich colour and pattern in this pair of exuberant floral paintings. Unusually for her, we are indoors and enjoying gorgeous large blooms in decorated vases against a backdrop of bold geometric patterns.
The style is the culmination of a new, semi-abstract phase of work by the artist that is being shown exclusively in this gallery this year and which finds her experimenting with degrees of loose brushwork plus various precise and vivid patterned areas, confidently mixing designs and colours. Both pieces add in experiments with upturned platter or table surfaces to their confident, asymmetrical compositions.
Of Bohemian Bouquet the artist says:
"This vase and handmade Deterra charger plate are much used in our household. I decided to pick some of the gorgeous peonies in my garden and I just had to paint this combination. I've really enjoyed the process and I’m so happy that they are flowers from my own garden - and favourites at that!"
And, of The Chinese Vase:
"This time the flowers are not from my own garden, but exotic blooms: Waratah - a native Australian flower, the emblem of New South Wales and one of the most iconic Australian flowers."
This pair would look marvellous in a room setting together - on facing walls - or could hang individually as statement pieces. Some interior ideas are shown above and demonstrate that pink is by no means a colour that should be confined to the bedroom or dressing room!
ABOUT WENDI WELLER
Warwickshire artist, Wendi, is passionate about colour and this translates into large, semi-abstract, bold floral paintings as well as still life work.
Working in acrylic, oil and mixed media - either on canvas, paper or board - she aims to create fresh, bright, fluid lines. She uses mark-making and texture to convey the shapes and vibrancy of flowers and vegetation in her own garden, working from her eco studio which backs onto countryside.
What starts out as a vision, soon evolves into an abstract concept of the shape and contours relating to the colour and form.
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“I begin my paintings with washes of colour, then build up layers, always retaining some of the sweeping background brush marks and colours in the finished painting.
“These paintings are inspired by my garden and some are named after strong Shakespearean women - independent and intelligent characters who are capable of overcoming obstacles and challenges in their lives. I feel my plants face similar challenges, with the threat of global warming and seasonal hurdles of their own.”