Berlin Flowers

I know where ‘flower’ paintings stand in the hierarchy of art’s subject matter; beneath the sole of the boot. With that in mind these are paintings of empowerment; a wish to add gravitas to the maligned, give individuality to the familiar, and status to the downtrodden. These are meant as affirmative paintings, following the intonation that “The ordinary is more extraordinary than the extraordinary”

Made during the first Covid year. On the first Saturday of each month a bunch of seasonal flowers would be bought at the weekend market, put into a vase, and painted. Straight forward, vase dead centre, with as little sensation as possible. These are a record of the ’silent year’, as the season changed, through blossom; the measure of the months of pestilence. (SC)