Late Bloomer Solo Show at Chandler House, Cape Town

Late Bloomer’s visual optimism and innocence of style hide an interest in both the beauty and ambiguity of nature. Daffodils, traditionally representative of new beginnings, cohabit with weeds, invasive species, poisonous flowers and idyllically soft landscapes of poisonous leaves. Flowers that grow in harsh almost uninhabitable arctic extremes, or grow rampant and uncontrolled, enjoy pride of place with buttercups, daisies, Forget-Me-Nots and orange blossoms to form dream-like, botanically impossible landscapes.

Late Bloomer was created in 4 months, with inspiration drawn from poetry and song-lyrics, and explores themes of love, loss, belonging and bitter-sweet pleasure.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Found

Found, 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Found

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Found

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Found

Details from Found, 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Tangled Bank

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Tangled Bank

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Tangled Bank

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Tangled Bank

Details from The Tangled Bank. 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Tangled Bank

The Tangled Bank. 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW BleedingHeart

Quiet Light, 2019. 50 x 50cm. Oil on board.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW BleedingHeart

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW BleedingHeart

Details of Quiet Light, 2019. 50 x 50cm. Oil on board.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Poison Ivy

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Poison Ivy

Tender Is The Night [Poison Ivy] 2019. 50 x 52cm.Oil on board.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Orange Blossoms

Easy to find, 2019. 50 x 50cm. Oil on canvas.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Orange Blossoms

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Bleeding Hearts Pink

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Bleeding Hearts Pink

The Flowers Cover Over Everything [Bleeding Hearts I /Poisonous], 2019.
50 x 50cm. Oil and neon-pink acrylic on board.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Arctic Flowers

Flowers of the Arctic Circle, 2019. 50cm diameter / Oil on canvas.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Arctic Flowers

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Details of Flowers Of The Arctic Circle, 2019. 50cm diameter. Oil on canvas.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Golden

Golden, 2019. 38 x 50cm. Oil and pencil crayon on board.

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW Golden

LATE BLOOMER SOLO SHOW invite

The invite image is from the painting ‘Found’, which takes it’s title from the following poem, by Goethe:

Found by Goethe