Twelve Beautiful Roses is a quietly romantic painting in acrylic inks from my Fantastic Flowers series. This large painting (80x80x2cm) makes a very attractive statement piece, a talking point in any room. Framing options available following purchase. Also available as a print and card.

About this painting: As I developed the style used in my Fantastic Flowers series, I realised it would be well suited to painting roses because the way the ink spreads (see below) could suggest the thorns of the stems and the jagged edges of the leaves. I liked this counterpoint to the romanticism of the flowers themselves and what roses stand for. All roses are considered beautiful in spite of their thorns – and actually we might say the same of our loved ones 🙂

About the Fantastic Flowers series: I make my Fantastic Flowers paintings by drawing freehand with a dropper full of black ink and then spraying with water before the ink dries. I like to work fast in this way as it sets a very expressive foundation for the painting. Then I loosely add my favourite colours to complete the picture, letting them flow freely, outside the lines if they like, to enhance the dynamism of the original drawing, while purposely leaving the accidental inky splashes to bring life to the unpainted white canvas background. The original aim of the Fantastic Flowers series was to allow me to paint big with wide sweeps of my arms to make beautiful free-flowing floral paintings exuding life, movement, and joy.