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.
Found, 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.
Details from Found, 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.
Details from The Tangled Bank. 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.
The Tangled Bank. 2019. 50 x 65cm. Oil on canvas.
Quiet Light, 2019. 50 x 50cm. Oil on board.
Details of Quiet Light, 2019. 50 x 50cm. Oil on board.
Tender Is The Night [Poison Ivy] 2019. 50 x 52cm.Oil on board.
Easy to find, 2019. 50 x 50cm. Oil on canvas.
The Flowers Cover Over Everything [Bleeding Hearts I /Poisonous], 2019.
50 x 50cm. Oil and neon-pink acrylic on board.
Flowers of the Arctic Circle, 2019. 50cm diameter / Oil on canvas.
Details of Flowers Of The Arctic Circle, 2019. 50cm diameter. Oil on canvas.
Golden, 2019. 38 x 50cm. Oil and pencil crayon on board.
The invite image is from the painting ‘Found’, which takes it’s title from the following poem, by Goethe:
