Summer Feeling Floral Series
By Wendi Weller
Original artworks - in two pairs
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
In order as above...
Gelato and Sundae:
Images: H: 50cm x W: 50cm
Framed: H: 53cm x W: 53cm (whitewashed frame and red-pink canvas border)
£455 each
Flower Pop and Daydreaming:
Images: H: 40cm x W: 40cm
Framed: H: 43cm x W: 43cm
£345 each
Wendi is an artist who, as she puts it, 'likes to see the extraordinary in the ordinary and to embrace the beauty that surrounds us, in both chaos and stillness'.
The glorious deep teals, pinks, turquoise and greens of these new summer 2024 paintings of fruits, seed pods and leaves have been layered up and offset against rusts and deep olives on a light, off-white background.
Each work has a lush and tropical feel, suggesting summer abundance and colour, enhanced by the deep and rich pigments she chooses.
The waxed beech or whitewashed floating frames are a perfect choice to complement a variety of decor. Gelato and Sundae have a rich red-pink side to the canvas which shows as a narrow border inside the whitened wooden floating frame.
ABOUT WENDI WELLER
Warwickshire artist, Wendi, is passionate about colour and this translates into large, semi-abstract, bold floral paintings as well as still life work.
Working in acrylic, oil and mixed media - either on canvas, paper or board - she aims to create fresh, bright, fluid lines. She uses mark-making and texture to convey the shapes and vibrancy of flowers and vegetation in her own garden, working from her eco studio which backs onto countryside.
What starts out as a vision, soon evolves into an abstract concept of the shape and contours relating to the colour and form.
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“I begin my paintings with washes of colour, then build up layers, always retaining some of the sweeping background brush marks and colours in the finished painting.
“These paintings are inspired by my garden and some are named after strong Shakespearean women - independent and intelligent characters who are capable of overcoming obstacles and challenges in their lives. I feel my plants face similar challenges, with the threat of global warming and seasonal hurdles of their own.”