Oh, there you are.

Struck, NYC

One summer's eve

watercolour on arches paper cold pressed

I just found your account and I definitely fell in love with it, the colors, the details, everything is ARGHHH

I wanted to ask what do you think of still lifes ? Especially their depiction of flowers ? And also do you like/imagine your art as still lifes or not really ?

I also wanted to ask if the flowers hold any significance in your art pieces or are you trying to focus on techniques more than symbolism ?

Finally your art made me think of "non traditional" bouquets which often take more bold choices on the color and also type of flowers and I think you may really like those like this :

Source : newleaffloraldesign.com

OMG I love that bouquet! Thank you for sharing and for your lovely message 💗

To answer your questions. I think still life paintings of flowers usually reflect a big part of the artist's inner world. They way they choose their subjects, arrange them, they way they choose the lighting, etc, are very personal and unique. This is only my personal thought, but there could be a hint of the desire to preserve, to hold, to control. Flowers in still life painting become instruments, rather than just simply existences.

Out of many subjects, flowers are one of the truest expressions of nature's interpretation of beauty, what nature deems beautiful, a beauty as a mean for attraction, a beauty that signals life.

I usually draw from pictures that I've taken or from the memories of a flower. So my paintings can be called still life but also not. I also tend to choose flowers based on the current season, as a way to record the passage of time.

can’t tag themselves. That’s what the

scientists are for

"Still Life"