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Fritillary for Mother’s Day

March 19, 2015 by Lin Kerr 2 Comments

This sweet little gingham bell is the jewel of Oxfordshire and is it’s county flower. The bulb pops up in Spring and is also known as Snake’s Head Fritillary, because of it’s chequered pattern and the way it nods and lifts it’s head. The flower is small – just 3 to 4cm in size, and is one of Britain’s favourite wild flowers. My daughter gave me this one for Mother’s day. I love the way the bulbs seems to pop up gingham or white.

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I first painted a large study in watercolour and I sold it two weeks ago.

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For the second painting I did a lot of  little chequered bells by weaving some of my monoprinted rice paper and layering it and combining it with machine stitching on paper. This will be exhibited for the first time at Artweeks Open Studios. I framed it yesterday.

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Comments

  1. Rae Smith says

    March 19, 2015 at 5:54 am

    Beautiful – both of them. Thanks for sharing and inspiring me.

    Reply
  2. Carole Dow says

    March 20, 2015 at 11:06 pm

    I remember your earlier fritillary painting and loved it. The woven collage is stunning. I’ll get my paints out tomorrow!

    Reply

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