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Fritillary

February 17, 2015 by Lin Kerr 2 Comments

I first came across this dear little bell-like flower in Charles Rennie Mackintosh's flower painting. I thought he'd invented a checked flower! But no, it really is checkered and moreover it is known as the Jewel of Oxfordshire.  I wove some of my handprinted monoprints and laminated Chinese rice paper to the back to keep them form falling apart, then cut and glued them. I had also machine stitched  "Fritillary" on the lower right, but in the end decided to crop it as there was too much white … [Read more...]

Fritillaria

May 13, 2014 by Lin Kerr Leave a Comment

Well, I'll see where this one takes me in my watercolours. It's really large, (50 cm square) but now I have  a mind to do more detail - perhaps a row of glass vases with wild flowers - watery and hopefully a bit abstract. It is so liberating to have given myself permission to experiment for a few years to rediscover the artist I might be. I really need to get back to chatting about the process of Rope of Words but I have been overwhelmed with the exhibitions and binding the books, then catching … [Read more...]

a breakthrough

May 12, 2014 by Lin Kerr 1 Comment

I have been painting flowers for a couple of years now and somehow with the idea of large floating flowers on a white ground, I just tightened up too much. Then I decided to paint the Fritillaria and took some photos before it drooped. This is a small delicate 'gingham'  bulb which is also knows as Snakeshead, and is found in Oxfordshire.So I began painting on a large sheet of paper 50c x 50cm, somewhat tightly and very neatly, but got a few splashes on the paper. I added a few more splashes. … [Read more...]

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