Paintings and Drawings of Flowers: Vivien Blackburn -  sketches and paintings done plein air and in the studio, in watercolour, oil, coloured pencils and mixed media;  leading into a series of large oil paintings on canvas, looking at the beautiful colours and shapes and the movement of the petals in the wind.    Obervational work leads into more abstracted pieces and I plan to do a series of 40 inch square canvasses.

Flowers with interesting centres, the dark reflective splotches on  oriental poppies and the beautiful stamens in anemones and paeonies are what particularly appeal - not so much the simplified sculptural forms of Georgia O'Keefe - and of course the glorious singing or subtle colours and the sheer aliveness of flowers.  please note that all work is protected by copyright